Mass Movement Quiz

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Mass Movement Quiz

What is mass movement?

The wearing away of land by the sea.

The downhill movement of cliff material under the influence of gravity.

The transportation of material by the sea.

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Identify the type of mass movement shown in the top left corner of the image.

Internet Geography

Mud slide

Rock fall

Slumping

Landslide

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Identify the type of mass movement shown in the top right corner of the image.

Slumping

Rock fall

Mud slide

Landslide

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Identify the type of mass movement shown in the bottom left corner of the image.

Internet Geography

Landslide

Slumping

Rock fall

Mud slide

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Identify the type of mass movement shown in the bottom right corner of the image.

Internet Geography

Rock fall

Slumping

Mud slide

Landslide

Correct! Wrong!

Identify the type of mass movement shown in the image.

Internet Geography

Mud slide

Landslide

Slumping

Rock fall

Correct! Wrong!

Identify the type of mass movement shown in the image.

Internet Geography

Rock fall

Slumping

Mud slide

Landslide

Correct! Wrong!

Identify the type of mass movement shown in the image.

Internet Geography

Mud slide

Slumping

Rock fall

Landslide

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Identify the type of mass movement that involves individual fragments or chunks of rock falling off a cliff face, often resulting from freeze-thaw weathering.

Rotational slip/slump

Rockfall

Mudflow

Landslide

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Identify the type of mass movement that involves blocks of rock sliding rapidly downslope along a linear shear-plane, usually lubricated by water.

Mudflow

Rotational slip/slump

Rockfall

Landslide

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Identify the type of mass movement that involves saturate material flowing downhill, which may involve elements of sliding and slumping.

Rotational slip/slump

Landslide

Mudflow

Rockfall

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Identify the type of mass movement that involves the downhill movement of material along a curved surface lubricated by water.

Rotational slip/slump

Mudflow

Rockfall

Landslide

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Mass Movement Quiz

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