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Through landslides, mudslides, running water, and glaciers.
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Gravity pulls rock or sediment down slopes?
yes
What causes rock or sediment to move downhill?
limjmnm
What occurs when a mass of rock or sediment moves downhill leaving a curved scar?
RUNOFF
What's the relationship between Specific retention and specific yield?
Both Specific retention and specific yield relate to the ratio of the volume of water (in a permeable unit of rock and/or sediment) to the total volume of the rock and/or sediment, as it relates to gravity. Specific retention is the ratio of the volume of water that is RETAINED against the pull of gravity, ...where-as specific yield is the ratio of the volume of water that is EXPELLED (yielded) against the pull of gravity. Again, ...both as a ratio to the total volume of the rock and/or sediment.
How do glaciers accumulate their load of sediment?
Glaciers accumulate sediment through various processes. As glaciers move, they pluck and erode rocks from the underlying bedrock, entraining them into the ice. Glaciers also grind and crush the rocks they come into contact with, generating glacial flour or fine-grained sediment. Additionally, glaciers can transport sediment that has been deposited on their surface by wind or landslides, adding to their load of sediment.
Why does gravity cause layers of sediment to be horizontal?
As more sediment is added, it is compressed and hardens into rock layers.
Gravity pulls rock or sediment down slopes?
yes
This type of formation moves sediment and erodes rock?
glaciers
What type of formation moves sediment and erodes rock?
Glaciers
What causes rock or sediment to move downhill?
limjmnm
What does slump in science mean?
gravity causing by rock or sediment to move downhill
how rock layers are deposited?
Scientists know that gravity cause sediment to be deposite.
How does rain form a landslide?
Rain causes rock and sediment to be loosened, and gravity does the rest
What does slump mean in science form?
gravity causing by rock or sediment to move downhill
What occurs when a mass of rock or sediment moves downhill leaving a curved scar?
RUNOFF
Erosion that occurs when gravity alone causes rock or sediment to move down a slope?
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.
How can gravity move large amounts of rock and soil?
gravity can move large amount of rock and soil because in mass wasting gravity moves matieral downwards
