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Mass Wasting Web Quest
Go to the following site and answer the questions below on a separate sheet of paper.
http://geology.campus.ad.csulb.edu/people/bperry/Mass%20Wasting/Introduction_to_Mass_Wasting.htm
1. What is mass wasting?
2. How is gravity a factor in mass wasting?
3. What is meant by the shear strength of a slope?
4. What factors relate to a slope’s shear strength and, therefore, its ability to resist mass wasting?
Click on top of this page and then causes of mass wasting.
5. List and briefly explain the triggering mechanisms for sudden mass wasting events.
6. List and briefly explain the repetitive processes for gradual, long-term mass wasting events.
Click on top of this page and then prevention of mass wasting.
7. Summarize the mass wasting causes and preventions of each. Be sure to check out the pictures!
Click on top of this page and then types of mass wasting.
8. How is a rock fall different than a rock avalanche?
9. How is a rock slide different than a slump?
10. Differentiate a rock avalanche, debris flow, earth flow, and a creep.