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landslide is a type of mass wasting
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What type of mass wasting would likely be triggered by an earthquake?
Landslide.
What causes mass wasting?
Mass wasting is caused when there are loose rocks and soil on a mountain, then somthing moves it. Then it all falls down the mountain causing a landslide. Denver Simmons
How can you put the word mass wasting in a sentence?
Mass wasting is hazardous and could kill you.
What is the main difference between erosion and mass wasting?
the difference is that erosion is a process in which weathered particles are pick up and move from one place to another and mass wasting is the downhill movement of loose rock or soil.
Why does the process of mass wasting occur faster on a steep slope?
The force of gravity causes mass wasting to occur faster.
What type of mass wasting would likely be triggered by an earthquake?
Landslide.
Downward rapid movement of rock resulting in mass wasting?
it is landslide or more specifically, a rockslide
What are 4 examples of mass movement?
4 examples of Mass wasting are; 1. Rock fall. 2. Landslide. 3. Mud flow. 4. Avalanche.
What is another word for snow slide?
Landslide, slope failure, mass movement and mass wasting are all terms that could be used to describe a mudslide.
When gravity causes huge amounts of rock or soil to be carried down a slope this form of erosion is referred to as a what?
Mass wasting / landslide.
What causes mass wasting?
Mass wasting is caused when there are loose rocks and soil on a mountain, then somthing moves it. Then it all falls down the mountain causing a landslide. Denver Simmons
Downslope movement of loose sediment and rock by the force of gravity is called?
Mass wasting is the term used to describe the process of the transfer of rock material down slope under the influence of gravity. There are various terms used to describe how these materials move when a mass wasting event is happening, include flow and slide.
Gravity pulls rocks and soil rapidly down a hillside causing what?
Sounds like a landslide, mass wasting, slope movement, or other forms of gravity induced erosion.
What are the effects of mass wasting on the environment?
effects of mass wasting
What climate influence in mass wasting?
why the mass wasting accurs
How can you put the word mass wasting in a sentence?
Mass wasting is hazardous and could kill you.
How do you control Mass wasting problems?
whats the main control of mass wasting
