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2.3 - Mass Wasting

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  • ✓Describe soil creep as slow movement of material downslope.
  • ✓Define a landslide as downslope movement of a mass of rock or weathered material under gravity.
  • ✓Explain how water, rock type and slope angle influence mass wasting.
  • ✓Explain how human activities can increase landslide danger.
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One night of heavy rain can turn a quiet hillside into a moving river of mud. Sometimes, the land ‘whispers’ before it moves, small cracks, leaning trees, doors that won’t close properly.
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Predict: which statement do you think best describes mass wasting?

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