geomorphlogy

Question 1

water freezing in crakcs

Answer 1

frost wedging

Question 2

expansion of moist soil die to freezing

Answer 2

frost heave

Question 3

growth of salt crystals along cracks

Answer 3

salt crystal growth

Question 4

onion-like layers of rock

Answer 4

sheeting

Question 5

sheeting: reduction in pressure of the overlying rocks

Answer 5

unloading

Question 6

sheeting: continued weathering causes slabs to seperate

Answer 6

exfoliation

Question 7

weathering caused by organism

Answer 7

biological activity

Question 8

caused by chemical alteration

Answer 8

spheroidal weathering

Question 9

factors of mass wasting

Answer 9

rock properties
climate
differential weathering
water
oversteepened slopes
removal of vegetation
earthquakes

Question 10

the maximum angle at which material can remain stable

Answer 10

angle of reposes

Question 11

bouma sequence: poorly sorted sand and structureless

Answer 11

Ta

Question 12

bouma sequence: laminated sand

Answer 12

Tb

Question 13

bouma sequence: cross laminated medium to fine sand

Answer 13

Tc

Question 14

bouma sequence: laminated silt

Answer 14

Td

Question 15

bouma sequence: hemipelagic deposited

Answer 15

Te

Question 16

sliding of mass of rock in a curved surface

Answer 16

slump

Question 17

fast downslope sliding of a block of rock

Answer 17

rockslide

Question 18

fast downslope sliding of a block of rock

Answer 18

rockslide

Question 19

fast downslope sliding of unconsolidated material

Answer 19

debris slide

Question 20

rapid flow of soil & regolith w/ water

Answer 20

debris flow

Question 21

rapid flow of mud containing water

Answer 21

mud flow

Question 22

slow flow of soil and regolith with wtaer

Answer 22

earth flow

Question 23

rapid flow of tephra and water

Answer 23

lahar

Question 24

slow dry sliding of soil

Answer 24

creep

Question 25

slow sliding od saturated soil and regoltih

Answer 25

solifluction