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Section 5.3 Assignment

Section 5.3 Assignment. Mass Movements. Key Concepts and Vocabulary. Key Conepts : What is mass movement? What factors trigger mass movements? How do geologists classify mass movements? Vocab: mass movement Rockfall Rockslide Slump Mudflow Earthflow creep.

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Section 5.3 Assignment

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  1. Section 5.3 Assignment Mass Movements

  2. Key Concepts and Vocabulary • Key Conepts: • What is mass movement? • What factors trigger mass movements? • How do geologists classify mass movements? • Vocab: • mass movement • Rockfall • Rockslide • Slump • Mudflow • Earthflow • creep

  3. Classifying Mass Movements Pg. 147 #5,6, Writing in Science Pg. 154 #36

  4. Review Questions: • What is the force behind mass movements? • What factors commonly trigger mass movements? • The igneous rock texture that is characterized by two distinctly different crystal sizes is called ___. • What is the naturally occurring, solid mass of mineral or mineral-like matter? • Put the following in the correct order of the processes involved in sedimentary rock formation: compaction, cementation, deposition, weathering, erosion. • The primary agent of contact metamorphism is _____. • The process that occurs when physical forces break rock into smaller pieces without changing the rock’s chemical composition is called _____. • What kind of material is found in the C horizon of a soil profile? • What types of rocks are formed by processes powered by the sun? • When large masses of magma solidify far below Earth’s surface, they form igneous rocks that have a ___ texture.

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