Flashcards
Mass Movement Revision Quiz
Flashcards do conjunto (15)
- 11. A name for loose rock materialRegolith
- 22. Another name for slopeGradient
- 33. How slow does soil creep move on the Irish landscape?1cm per year
- 44. A name for the steps that soil creep createsTerracettes
- 55. Name two human triggers for mass movementDeforestation
Digging at cliff base
Mining/Blasting Rock - 66. Name two natural triggers for mass movement......other than gravity & slopeExcess Rainfall
Volcano
Earthquake
Consolidation of material
Vegetation - 77. An Indonesian word for a type of mass movementLahar
- 88. A type of mass movement that is fast & dryRockfall
Avalanche - 99. List 3 pieces of evidence that soil creep may be taking placeFallen walls / Fences
Terracettes
Trees bent
Telephone poles bent - 10—Bogburst
- 11—Lahar
- 12—Terracettes
- 13—Avalanche
- 14—Soil Creep
- 15—Rockfall
