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    earth science help work help please?

    1. What is the force behind mass movements?

    *the sun's energy
    *flowing water
    *gravity
    *moving ice

    2. Which of the following is NOT true about mass movements?

    *Some mass movements are too slow to be seen.
    *Mass movements always lead to landslides.
    *Gravity is the driving force behind all mass movements.
    *Mass movements are always downslope.

    3. Oversteepened slopes often lead to mass movements because _____. (1 point)

    *plants cannot grow on them
    *the angle of their slope is between 10 and 20 degrees
    *the angle of their slope is less than 20 degrees
    the angle of their slope is greater than 40 degrees

    4. When a block of material moves downslope along a curved surface, the type of mass movement is called _____.

    *a rockfall
    *a rockslide
    *a slump
    *creep

    5. A relatively rapid form of mass movement that is most common in dry mountainous regions is _____.

    *creep
    *a mudflow
    *a slump
    *an earthflow

    6. The average annual precipitation worldwide must equal the quantity of water _____.
    *evaporated
    *transpired
    *infiltrated
    *locked in glaciers

    7. The ability of a stream to erode and transport materials depends largely on its ______.

    *width
    *length
    *velocity
    *density

    8. The vertical drop of a stream channel over a certain distance is called _____.

    *discharge
    *channel roughness
    *gradient
    *runoff

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    Gravity

    Mass movements always lead to landslides

    the angle of their slope is less than 20 degrees

    rockslide

    a mudflow

    evaporated

    velocity

    runoff

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    error

    Actually no the correct answers are
    1. Gravity
    2. Mass movement always leads to landslides
    3. The angle of their slope is greater than 40 degrees
    4. A slump
    5. A mud flow
    6. Evaporated
    7. Velocity
    8. Gradient

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    I LIKE BOOTY THOSE OTHER BROTHERS CAN DENY

 

 

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