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Geography

Mass Movement

This topic includes questions such as:
What is mass movement in geography?
What is a common trigger for mass movements?
Which of the following is NOT a type of mass movement?
What is the slowest type of mass movement?
What type of mass movement involves the rapid sliding of large blocks of earth material?
Which type of mass movement is characterized by the downhill flow of soil and rock fragments mixed with water?
What type of mass movement is an avalanche?
What usually triggers a rockfall?
Which type of mass movement involves a rotational movement of the land?
Which type of mass movement is described as a sudden and rapid movement of a saturated mass of soil and rock?
What is solifluction?
Which mass movement involves a slow, downward progression of rock and soil?
Which of the following is a contributing factor for landslides?
What type of mass movement is characterized by the collapse of material at a cliff or steep slope?
Which type of mass movement results when particles move independently down a slope in a chaotic manner?
What type of mass movement is most likely to occur in arid regions after heavy rains?
In what kind of climate is soil creep most common?
What typically causes subsidence?
Which type of mass movement involves loose soil and rock layers moving as a unit along a well-defined plane?
What is an earthflow?
What kind of mass movement is characterized by the falling and tumbling of large quantities of rock?
Why do clay-rich soils tend to experience more flow-type mass movements?
Which is a characteristic feature of a landslide?
What causes solifluction to occur in polar regions?
What is the primary difference between a mudflow and a debris flow?
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