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GLY 2010 Final Exam Questions and Answers 100% Solved | Graded A+ Geologists distinguish among different types of mass wasting based on factors such as the ____________ of the moving material and the rate of movement. - composition One of the most problematic aspects of landslides is that larg...

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Geologists distinguish among different types of mass wasting based on

factors such as the ____________ of

the moving material and the rate of movement. - ✔✔composition

One of the most problematic aspects of landslides is that large-scale,

cataclysmic examples are the norm,

whereas small-scale landslides are much more rare. - ✔✔false

Mass wasting always involves a sudden movement of material downslope.

- ✔✔false

To the geologist, ____________. - ✔✔all landslides are mass movements,

but not all mass movements are landslides

Which of the following types of mass movement takes place most

gradually? - ✔✔creep

Which of the following types of mass movement is least coherent (most like

a liquid)? - ✔✔mudflow

Slumps typically arrive intact at the bottom of a slope. - ✔✔false

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Which of the following types of mass movement always travel down curved

surface? - ✔✔slump

Strictly speaking, which of the following types of mass movement is a

landslide? - ✔✔rock slide

Which type of mass movement includes a large proportion of ash derived

from a volcanic eruption? - ✔✔lahar

____________occur(s) when regolith moves slowly downslope due to

freezing and thawing. - ✔✔Creep

All types of mass wasting have approximately the same velocities. -

✔✔false

Between subaerial and submarine mass movements, we have a much

better historical record of

____________. - ✔✔submarine mvements

Which of the following types of mass movement is likely to move most

rapidly? - ✔✔rock slide

____________occur(s) where thawed sediments move downslope over

permafrost. - ✔✔Solifluction

____________occur(s) when debris or snow mixes with air to form a

chaotic cloud. - ✔✔Avalanches

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