WorksheetsMass Movements
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
what type of landslide is this
a)
Debris Flow
b)
Topple
c)
Rockfall
d)
Earth Flow
2.
What human activity causes a landslide
a)
Earthquakes
b)
Flashfloods
c)
Water leakage
d)
Volacanoes
3.
Downslope movement of material under the influence of gravity is termed
a)
Weight
b)
Slope angle
c)
Mass Wasting
d)
Porosity
4.
The force that causes materials to flow down the slopes
a)
Water Force
b)
Gravity
c)
Friction
d)
Normal Force
5.
Addition of water to slopes will....
a)
Increase the likelihood of slope failure
b)
Decrease the likelihood of slope failure
6.
What always plays the main role in a landslide, regardless of the cause?
a)
Mud
b)
Gravity
c)
Wind
d)
Earthquakes
7.
When a lot of loose dirt and rocks move rapidly, we call it
a)
a landslide
b)
a tsunami
c)
an earthquake
d)
a flood
8.
Type of landslides that is generally slow, involve soil, and travel short distances;
a)
creeps
b)
mudslide
c)
slumps
d)
rock fall
9.
Type of landslides that involve rocks, are very to extremely rapid and can travel great distances.
a)
creeps
b)
mudslides
c)
rock fall
d)
slumps
10.
Type of landslides that is generally involve saturated soils moving at very to extremely rapid velocities and travel great distances.
a)
creeps
b)
mudslides
c)
rock fall
d)
slumps
11.
Which is NOT a type of mass movement?
a)
landslide
b)
slump
c)
mudflow
d)
windstorm
12.
_________________happens when gravity moves sediment downhill.
a)
Weathering only
b)
Mass movement
c)
Erosion only
d)
Gravity
13.
_____________happens where agents of erosion drop or lay down sediment.
a)
Weathering only
b)
erosion only
c)
Deposition
d)
compaction only
14.
What does erosion move?
a)
sediments
b)
water only
c)
only organic matter
d)
only inorganic matter
15.
Weathering is the _____________ rock.
a)
bending
b)
moving
c)
melting
d)
breaking
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