Study guide for Mass wasting

1. WHAT CAUSES MASS MOVEMENT, AND WHAT IS IT?

2. BE ABLE TO DRAW, HOW THE PRINCIPAL FORCES ARE RELATED TO EACH OTHER?

 WHAT ARE THE TWO COMPONENT OF GRAVITY?

3. SLOPE COMPOSITION? VEGETATION ON THE SLOPE, WATER CONTENT OF THE SLOPE?

4.CAUSES OF MASS MOVEMENT? NATURAL TRIGGERS, HUMAN INDUCED TRIGGERS?

5. TYPES OF MASS MOVEMENT, SLOW (CREEP, SOLIFLUCTION), AND RAPID MOVEMENTS FALL, SLIDE, SLUMP, FLOW

6. PREDICTING MASS MOVEMENT? WHAT DO YOU DO, IF YOU WANT TO KNOW, IF AN AREA IS A SENSITIVE SLOPE OR NOT?

7. YOU MUST KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR BEFORE PURCHASING A LOT FOR BUILDING YOUR DREAM HOUSE!!!!!!

8. PREVENTING SLOPE MOVEMENT, NONSTRUCTURAL METHODS, AND STRUCTURAL ONES!!!!!