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a sudden movement in earths crust is an earthquake
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Which mass wasting is slow movement of solid particles down?
A slow mass movement of individual sediments is a creep. It happens so slowly that you cannot see it happening and it can go on for years.
What agent of erosion is mass movement?
Gravity. Example of mass movement (or mass wasting) include landslides and earthflows.
What is the term for mass movement that is of volcanic origin?
lahar is the term for mass movement that is volcanic in origin
Compare and contrast landslides and mudflows?
Landslides are when land breaks off of a mountain or hill and crumbles as it slides down destroying everything in its path. Mudflows are very similar to landslides but contain 60% of water.
A major cause for the rapid growth of business was what?
Mass productionMass production, the availability of the ready markets and rapid population growth rate are the major causes for the rapid growth of business.
What rapid and fluid type of downhill mass movement is a?
mudslide
What are two examples of rapid mass movement?
earthflow & mudflow
What is the term for the rapid mass movement that flows downhill?
A slump
What is the most rapid type of mass movement?
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".
What is a downward rapid movement of rocks resulting in mass wasting?
Rockstall
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
What are Some devastating results of faster mass movements?
Mass movement. Mass movement, also called Mass Wasting, bulk movements of soil and rock debris down slopes in response to the pull of gravity, or the rapid or gradual sinking of the Earth's ground surface in a predominantly vertical direction.
What is downward rapid movement of rocks resulting in mass wasting?
uhhh i think its weathering??
Downward rapid movement of rocks resulting in mass wasting is called?
a rock slide
What is the term for a rapid mass movement that flows downhill over a curved surface?
slump
What does rapid mass movement mean?
eather something moves in a massive amount of movement or a large amount of substance that moves fast.
Downward rapid movement of rock resulting in mass wasting?
it is landslide or more specifically, a rockslide
