Exam 15: Mass Movements: Landscapes in Motion

The following items describe the conditions relating to a slump except item ________. 1. curving, scallop-shaped rupture scarp 2. broken pavement and tilted trees 3. vertical sedimentary rock layers bent downslope 4. occurring in regolith or weak rock

Piles of rock, debris and earth that pile up at the base of steep slopes are called

What is a difference between rounded mountains and pointed ones?

Which of the following landslides was partly caused by fire and rain?

Which mineral gets weathered to weaken uplifted metamorphic rock?

Which of the following is not a typical data map used to input into GIS to generate a rock and debris-slide susceptibility map?

Which of the following is the best evidence that rock creep is occurring?

The force opposing motion between two objects in contact with one another is called

Which factor increases slope stability?

What type would not be used as starting information when developing a hazard map?

Figure 15.2 -According to Figure 15.2 in your textbook, which mass movement is classified as having the slowest velocity?

What was the motivation for production of slide-susceptibility maps by the U.S. Geological Survey?

Which of the following factors is not related to a lahar?

It is possible for geologists to make maps of areas that are prone to future mass movements.

What is a talus?

What accounts for most rock and regolith movement in mountains?

How is an inventory of past slide movement usually obtained for input into GIS?

What triggered the debris avalanche that caused the destruction of Yungay, Peru?

Figure 15.2 -According to Figure 15.2 in your textbook, which mass movement is classified as having the fastest velocity?

Which is not a factor that contributes directly to the angle of repose of a sand castle?