Mass Movement
Erosion
Deposition
Sediment
Gravity
100
The main cause is gravity.
What is mass movement?
100
The process by which natural forces move weathered rock and soil from one place to another.
What is erosion?
100
Occurs where the agents of erosion, deposit, or lay down, sediment.
What is deposition?
100
Material moved by erosion.
What is sediment?
100
The force that moves rock and other materials downhill.
What is gravity?
200
The slow, downhill movement of rock and soil.
What is creep?
200
Water carrying soil and gravel down a road or lawn.
What is a mudslide?
200
Deposition changes the shape of...
What is the land?
200
Sediment consists of...
What is rock or soil or the remains of plants and animals?
200
Gravity causes ____ ________.
What is mass movement?
300
When a mass of rock and soil suddenly slips down a slope.
What is slump?
300
Material moved by erosion.
What is sediment?
300
Deposition works...
What is everywhere on Earth?
300
__________ produces sediment.
What is weathering?
300
Mass movement is...
What is any one of the several processes that move sediment downhill?
400
I can be...(what speed?)
What is rapid or slow?
400
Sediment consists of...
What is rock or soil or the remains of plants?
400
Deposition moves sediment...
What is from one place to another?
400
_______ produces sediment.
What is erosion?
400
Gravity can cause mass movement to be ____ or ____.
What is fast or slow?
500
The most destructive kind of mass movement.
What is landslide?
500
How many agents erosion has and what they are.
What is five; gravity, running water, glaciers, wind, and waves?
500
Deposition works with __________ and _______.
What is weathering and erosion?
500
Sediment is _________ by rivers, wind, seas, and glaciers.
What is deposited?
500
Gravity cause all the types of mass movement. List all the types.
What is landslides, mud-flows, slump, and creep?
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