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Downward rapid movement of rocks resulting in mass wasting is called?
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a rock slide
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What is the movement of heated materials upward and the movement of the cooled material downward called?
Convection
What is the upward movement of warm air and the downward movement of cool air called?
Convection
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.
What is the process that moves weathered rock materials and soils downslope?
erosionMass wasting-also called mass movement-is a collective term and covers many different phenomena. Overall, it refers to the usually slow (but sometimes rapid) downslope movement of rock, soil, regolith, and sundry debris under the influence of gravity.Read more: what-is-mass-wasting
A downward fold in a rock is called?
syncline
What is the upward movement of warm air and the downward movement of cool air called?
Convection
What is the movement of heated materials upward and the movement of the cooled material downward called?
Convection
What is turning of the palm backward or downward?
Turning the palm backward or downward is called pronation. This movement involves rotation of the forearm so that the palm faces downward or backward.
What is moving the sole of the foot outward at the ankle called?
Plantar abduction. Movement inward is adduction. Upward movement of the foot is called dorsiflexion. Downward movement of the foot is called plantar flexion.
Turns the palm downward or backward?
pronation
What is another name for a downward movement?
It can be called descending, going down or even decreasing...
When unequal forces are exerted an an object resulting in movement is called a?
Inertia.
When do rocks move past each other without upward or downward movement?
This is called a strike-slip fault.
If plant cells are immersed in distilled water the resulting movement of water into the cells is called?
The process is called osmosis.
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.
What is the process that moves weathered rock materials and soils downslope?
erosionMass wasting-also called mass movement-is a collective term and covers many different phenomena. Overall, it refers to the usually slow (but sometimes rapid) downslope movement of rock, soil, regolith, and sundry debris under the influence of gravity.Read more: what-is-mass-wasting
What is the downward trend on a graph?
The downward tend on a graph is called "decay".
