Question 1

The type of gravity-driven, downslope movement where the material moves very, very quickly as a high-viscosity fluid is called

Accepted Answer

A)  fall. 
B)  slide. 
C)  slump. 
D)  creep. 
E)  avalanche. 
A)  fall. 
B)  slide. 
C)  slump. 
D)  creep. 
E)  avalanche.

Question 2

The type of gravity-driven, downslope movement that results in a deposit of chaotically mixed fragments of different sizes with a very irregular, bumpy upper surface is called

Accepted Answer

A)  fall. 
B)  slide. 
C)  slump. 
D)  creep. 
E)  flow. 
A)  fall. 
B)  slide. 
C)  slump. 
D)  creep. 
E)  flow.

Question 3

The type of gravity-driven, downslope movement where the material moves very, very slowly as a high-viscosity fluid is called

Accepted Answer

A)  fall. 
B)  slide. 
C)  slump. 
D)  creep. 
E)  flow. 
A)  fall. 
B)  slide. 
C)  slump. 
D)  creep. 
E)  flow.

Question 4

Which type of movement is least likely in the Great Smoky Mountains, where the regolith is thick?

Accepted Answer

A)  creep 
B)  slump 
C)  flow 
D)  fall 
A)  creep 
B)  slump 
C)  flow 
D)  fall

Question 5

Resisting strength is greater when

Accepted Answer

A)  bedding planes are parallel to a hillside. 
B)  water percolates into rock along joints. 
C)  bedding is not parallel to a hillside. 
D)  shale weathers to clay minerals. 
A)  bedding planes are parallel to a hillside. 
B)  water percolates into rock along joints. 
C)  bedding is not parallel to a hillside. 
D)  shale weathers to clay minerals.

The type of gravity-driven, downslope movement where the material moves very, very quickly as a high-viscosity fluid is called

The type of gravity-driven, downslope movement that results in a deposit of chaotically mixed fragments of different sizes with a very irregular, bumpy upper surface is called

The type of gravity-driven, downslope movement where the material moves very, very slowly as a high-viscosity fluid is called

Which type of movement is least likely in the Great Smoky Mountains, where the regolith is thick?

Resisting strength is greater when

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The type of gravity-driven, downslope movement where the material moves very, very quickly as a high-viscosity fluid is called

The type of gravity-driven, downslope movement that results in a deposit of chaotically mixed fragments of different sizes with a very irregular, bumpy upper surface is called

The type of gravity-driven, downslope movement where the material moves very, very slowly as a high-viscosity fluid is called

Which type of movement is least likely in the Great Smoky Mountains, where the regolith is thick?

Resisting strength is greater when

Why Study Earth

Minerals: Building Blocks of the Planet

Rocks and Rock-Forming Processes

Formation of Magma and Igneous Rocks

Formation of Sediment and Sedimentary Rocks

Formation of Metamorphic Rocks

Earth Materials As Time Keepers

Earth Materials As Time Keepers

Making Earth

Motion Inside Earth

Deformation of Rocks

Global Tectonics: Plates and Plumes

Tectonics and Surface Relief

Soil Formation and Landscape Stability

Streams: Flowing Water Shapes the Landscape

Water Flowing Underground

Glaciers: Cold-Climate Sculptors of Continents

Shorelines: Changing Landscapes Where Land Meets Sea

Wind: a Global Geologic Process

Global Warming: Real Time Change in the Earth System

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