Mass Movement
Weathering
100
Mudflow
What is the rapid down hill movement of a mixture of water, rock, and soil?
100
The action of the elements on a rock in altering its color, texture, or composition, or in rounding off its edges.
What is weathering?
200
Landslide
What is a kind of mass movement that occurs when rock and soil slide rapidly down a steep slope?
200
Rock Type & Climate.
What are the most important factors in determining the rate of weathering?
300
Creep
What is the very slow downhill movement of rock and soil?
300
The movement of rock particles by ice, wind, water, or gravity
What is erosion?
400
Slump
What is a type of mass movement in which a mass of rock and soil rapidly slips down a slope?
500
Gravity
What causes mass movement?
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