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What was the slowest type of mass wasting process?

a. Debris flow
b. Rockslide
c. Creep
d. Rockfall

The largest landslide has taken place

a. on the sea floor
b. in the Andes
c. on active volcanoes
d. in the Himalaya

A descending mass moving downslope as a viscous fluid is referred to as a

a. Fall
b. landslide
c. flow
d. slide

The driving force behind all mass wasting processes is

a. gravity
b. slope angle
c. type of bedrock material
d. presence of water

The resistance to movement or deformation of debris is its

a. mass
b. shear strength
c. shear force
d. density

Flow of water-saturated debris over impermeable material is called

a. solifluction
b. flow
c. slide
d. fall

A flowing mixture of debris and water, usually moving down a channel is called a

a. mudflow
b. slide
c. fall
d. debris flow

An apron of fallen rock fragments that accumulates at the base of a cliff is called

a. debris
b. sedimant
c. soil
d. talus

How does construction desabilize a slope?

a. adds weight to the top of the slope
b. decreases water content of the slope
c. adds weught to the bottom of the slope
d. increases the shear strength of the slope

Geology TYK C-9