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For the LECTURE part of the class... Class: GEOS 1134 - Physical Geology Lab; Subject: Geosciences; University: Midwestern State University; Term: Spring 2010;
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Mass Wasting the downslope movement of material under the influence of gravity TERM 2 T/F: Gravity if the controlling force of Mass Wasting DEFINITION 2 True TERM 3 Which of the following will promote Mass Wasting? DEFINITION 3 All of the above... TERM 4 T/F: The combined effects of Mass Wasting and running water produce stream valleys. DEFINITION 4 True TERM 5 Which one of these materials has the steepest angle of repose? DEFINITION 5 Angular Boulders
Mass Wasting processes are classified according to the _______________. All of the above. TERM 7 T/F: The free descent of detached individual rock pieces of any size is called fall. DEFINITION 7 True. TERM 8 A slope built on angular rock fragments is called a(n) ____________. DEFINITION 8 Talus. TERM 9 A movement of fairly coherent material along a well-defined surface is called a _____________. DEFINITION 9 Slide. TERM 10 The most rapid type of mass movement is a(n) _____________. DEFINITION 10 Rock avalanche.
T/F: Liquefaction occurs during an earthquake when water-saturated materials lose their strength and behave like fluidlike masses that flow. True. TERM 17 The slow movement of soil and regolith caused by expansion and contraction of material is referred to as ________________. DEFINITION 17 Creep. TERM 18 This type of mass wasting occurs in association with permafrost. DEFINITION 18 Soliflucation. TERM 19 T/F: Mass wasting processes are confined to the land. DEFINITION 19 False.
