7.5C| Reading Questions: Mass Wasting

Instructions

Read, using the reading strategies discussed already in this module, all of chapter Chapter 10. Watch the included videos because they will help you better understand the content. Take notes on content that is related to the learning objectives below.

Answer the following questions. Read each carefully and choose or compose the best answer. You have two attempts and no time limit.

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Time Needed

1.5-2 hours.

Learning Objectives

• Students can describe the differences between constructive and destructive geologic forces and provide a specific example of each.
• Students can explain how specific agents of mechanical and chemical weathering can weaken and break-down rock. 
• Describe how weathering, mass wasting, and erosion are geologically destructive forces

• Use material and motion to classify a mass-wasting event
• Identify different forms of mass wasting and correlate different triggers with real-life mass wasting event