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- What are 2 factors that influence hillslope erosion?
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____________________________________________________________________________________________________ - Frame 84 – left side:
What rock type forms hard cliffs?
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What rock type forms soft slopes?
____________________________________________________________________________________________________ - Frame 84 – right side: What does vegetation do for transport of sediments?
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____________________________________________________________________________________________________ - What is the top of a slope termed?
____________________________________________________________________________________________________ - What is the bottom of the slope termed?
____________________________________________________________________________________________________ - The very top peak of the hill is termed?
____________________________________________________________________________________________________ - Soil forms from what?
____________________________________________________________________________________________________ - Why doesn’t newly formed soil stay on a hillslope?
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____________________________________________________________________________________________________ - Correlate the following 3 factors to the following mass movements:
Grain SizeWetnessSpeed
Fall
Debris Flow
Creep
Landslide
Solifluction / Earthflow
- What is the difference between solifluction and earthflow?
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____________________________________________________________________________________________________ - What is a slump?
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