mass movements/water tables

Which is NOT a type of mass movement?

• landslide
• slump
• mudflow
• windstorm

This is a picture of a

• creep 
• slump
• mudflow
• landslide

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

This is a picture of a

• slump
• creep
• mudflow
• landslide

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Rock & soil slides quickly down steep slope in a ______________________.

• slump
• windstorm
• landslide
• mudlfow

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The slowest type of mass movement is called a _____________________.

• slump
• creep
• landslide
• mudflow

Which factor is most influential in causing mass movement or mass wasting?

• Steep gradient

• Gentle gradient

• Rain water

• Gravity

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Select the best explanation for the occurrence of landslides. They often occur when slopes are

• Gentle and saturated

• Steep and saturated

• Lubricated

• Bare of vegetation

Identify which of the following are required to make a major cavern system. CHOOSE ALL THAT ARE NECESSARY.

• Groundwater is often mildly acidic as it contains a weak solution of carbonic acid.

• The acidic nature of groundwater will dissolve the calcite in limestone.

• Caverns are formed by dissolving rock beneath the Earth’s surface.

• Plate subduction can create caverns as one plate dives under another.

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-5

According to the Karst map, in which of the following states would sinkholes be extremely rare?

• North Dakota

• Texas

• Florida

• Missouri

An area of land in which all of the water falling or flowing over it drains to the same location is a/an…

• watershed
• watertable
• river
• aquifer

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4