Ch3:Lesson1 - Mass Movement

The force that moves objects downhill is ...

• mass movement
• gravity
• slump
• deposition

Watery clay slides down a mountain. This is an example of a ...

• creep
• landslide
• slump
• mudslide

Which of these is NOT an agent of erosion?

• water
• gravity
• waves
• sediment

After many years, a gravestone on a hillside falls over. This is an example of ...

• creep
• landslide
• slump
• mudslide

Several processes caused by gravity that moves sediment downhill is called ...

• landslide
• deposition
• mass movement
• erosion

Rock at the top of a steep cliff quickly falls. This is an example of a ...

• creep
• landslide
• slump
• mudslide

The process by which rock and soil are moved from place to place is called ...

• weathering
• erosion

In which type of mass movement can soils behave like a liquid and start flowing?

• slump
• creep
• landslide
• mudslide

Which type of mass movement happens very slowly?

• slump
• creep
• landslide
• mudslide

The agents of erosion lay down sediment in new locations in a process called ...

• gravity
• mass movement
• creep
• deposition