Any mass moves in the direction of the vector sum of all the forces acting on it,
with an acceleration numerically equal to the magnitude of the sum of the forces
divided by its mass.
On or near the Earth's surface, gravity is always one of the forces.
The steeper the gradient of the slope, the faster the mass will move down it (if the mass stays constant). This is because the mass has more gravitational potential energy as it would be raised higher or it can be explained by the horizontal component of weight that is parallel to the slope being greater as the horizontal angle of the slope to the ground is greater.
"Mass movement" is quite a broad field to consider. All that can be said is that
once a mass has begun to move, no force is required to keep it moving, but if
the mass is to begin moving from rest, or if its speed or direction of motion are
to change, then an external force is required, and gravity is one of a number of
different forces that can do the job.
water reacts with the soil and plant and brings it down to create mass movement
Saturation of water increases the weight of soils and sediments.
It doesn't. The answer is wind, not mass movement.
earthquakes
soil creep
As far as I know, the only type of energy caused by the movement of masses - more accurately, the acceleration of masses - is gravitational waves. However, the roation of an object with spherical symmetry won't emit gravitational waves.
a-plus an occluded front
This is known as a landslide with a circular slip geometry.
creep slump rockfall rockslide mudflow hope this helps:)
Tidal Currents are caused by the gravity of the Moon.
a slump is a type of mass movement
The type of erosion that occurs when gravity alone causes rock or sediment to move down a slope is called mass movement. The types of mass movement are creep, slump, rock slides, and mudflows.
Creep is a type of mass movement that "creeps" slowly. -katie
Items That Have Mass In Them..
deposition mass movement
creep
most common type of mass movement is "Landslide"
The most rapid type of natural mass movement is a river or waterfall. Is not right i think it _______________________________________________________ the best answer it "an earthquake".
When a block of material moves downslope along a curved surface, the type of mass movement is _____.
mudslide