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Chapter 12 - Section 4:
The Effect of Gravity on Erosion and Deposition
Write the letter of the correct answer in the space provided.
_____ 1. What is the steepest angle at which loose material will not slide down a
slope?
a. slump
b. angle of repose
c. lahar
d. creep
_____ 2. Which of the following does NOT affect the angle of repose?
a. size of material
c. color of material
b. weight of material
d. shape of material
_____ 3. What is the most common type of landslide?
a. slope
c. rock fall
b. slump
d. eruption
_____ 4. A mudflow of a volcanic origin is called a
a. slump.
c. lahar.
b. creep.
d. slope.
_____ 5. Which of the following does NOT affect creep?
a. water
c. plant roots
b. burrowing animals
d. birds
Match the correct definition with the correct term. Write the letter in the space
provided.
_____ 6. the movement of any section of land
down aslope
a.rock fall
_____ 7. the sudden rapid movement of rock and
soil down a slope
c.landslide
_____ 8. a group of loose rocks falling down a
slope
e.mass movement
b.mudflow
d.creep
_____ 9. the flow of a large amount of mud or
rock and soil mixed with water
_____ 10. the slow downhill movement of rock material
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