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What is the difference between a mudflow and an earth-flow?
Mudflow is downslope movement of water that contains large amount of suspended clay and silt.
A large bulk of material moving downslope caused by gravity?
You are possibly referring to a Landslide? Depending on if you are talking about land waste; and by that I mean waste quite like till, or of rock mass. If rock mass is the answer to that you could be meaning weathering (truthfully i do not know if that is the correct spelling though).
What type of rocks are created from large amounts of heat and pressure?
Metamorphic rock is created from large amounts of heat and pressure.
How is the movement of earth materials during a flash flood different from the movement during normal flow?
The material coalesces in large volumes in streams and creates a torrent. During normal flow, debris stagnates or surrounding environmental changes are mild.
What is the meaning of the phrase tectonic shift?
The phrase, tectonic shift, refers to the quick release of large amounts of kinetic energy, causing the abrupt movement of one tectonic plate relative to another. It is synonymous with earthquake.
What is the differences between creep and a landslide?
one is water and the other is land
What is the difference between a mudflow and an earth-flow?
Mudflow is downslope movement of water that contains large amount of suspended clay and silt.
What is the movement of a substance from where it is in large amounts to where it is in small amounts called?
diffusion
In which process do cells release large amounts of material?
Exocytosis is a process by which a cell releases large amounts of material. In this process a cell takes material into the cell by infolding of the cell membrane.
What are large amounts of sediments sliding downhill?
mass movement
What is biopoem?
A biopoem is a student's synthesis of large amounts of material in a poem.
Cells are able to remove large amounts of material using?
Exocytosis.
What is the primary purpose of the hand rasp?
For removing large amounts of material smoothly.
What is the definision of a landslide?
the definision of a landslide is a sudden downhill movement of these materials in large amounts
A material in which charges cannot move easily?
An insulator, by definition. Examples: small amounts of rubber or large amounts of air.
What is the name of the valve that controls movement of material between the small and large intestines?
ileocecal valve
What is the valve that controls the movement of material between the small intestine and the large intestine?
ileocecal valve
