SSHS Physical Geology - Mass Wasting creep - Answer Very slow, continuous downslope movement of soil or debris.debris - Answer Any unconsolidated material at Earth's surface.debris avalanche - Answer Very rapid and turbulent mass wasting of debris, air, and water.debris fall - Answer A free-falling mass of debris.debris flow - Answer Mass wasting in which motion is taking place throughout the moving mass (flow). The common varieties are earthflow, mudflow, and debris avalanche.debris slide - Answer Rapid movement of debris as a coherent mass.earthflow - Answer Slow-to-rapid mass wasting in which debris moves downslope as a very viscous fluid.fall - Answer The situation in mass wasting that occurs when material free-falls or bounces down a cliff.flow - Answer A type of movement that implies that a descending mass is moving downslope as a viscous fluid.landslide - Answer The general term for a slowly to very rapidly descending mass of rock or debris.mass wasting - Answer Movement, caused by gravity, in which bedrock, rock debris, or soil moves downslope in bulk.mudflow - Answer A flowing mixture of debris and water, usually moving down a channel.permafrost - Answer Ground that remains permanently frozen for many years.relief - Answer The vertical distance between points on Earth's surface.rock avalanche - Answer A very rapidly moving, turbulent mass of broken-up bedrock.rockfall - Answer Rock falling freely or bouncing down a cliff.rockslide - Answer Rapid sliding of a mass of bedrock along an inclined surface of weakness.
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