Warm-Up Mass Movements

Which has the slowest movement?

• creep

• avalanche

• mudflow

• solifluction

The process by which natural forces move weathered rock & soil from one place to another is

• weathering

• deposition

• erosion

• condensation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

_____ happens when gravity moves sediment downhill.

• Mass Movement

• Weathering only

• Gravity

• Erosion ony

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A _____ occurs when masses of loose rock combined with soil suddenly fall down a slope.

• solifluction

• slump

• landslide

• creep

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Slow movement that occurs when water-saturated soil slips over hard or frozen layers is called

• solifluction

• mudflow

• rockfall

• slump

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A _____ is most dramatic and destructive mass movement occurring rapidly when rocks fall from a steep cliff.

• mudflow

• rockfall

• slump

• creep

What do movements have in common?

(check all that apply)

• change the land

• gravity

• involve slope of land

• may involve water

• fast movements only

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The organic layer of the soil profile formed by decomposition of leaves and other plant material that helps support the growth of vegetation is called

• partially weathered bedrock

• subsoil

• humus

• bedrock

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

This is a picture of a

• slump
• creep
• mudflow
• landslide

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

This is a picture of a

• slump
• creep
• mudflow
• landslide

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2