7.5E| Identifying Mass Wasting Triggers and Events

Instructions

Complete all of the previous assignments in this module to prepare yourself for this exercise.

Consider each question and any videos or images carefully, then choose or compose the best answer choice. You have three attempts and no time limit. 

Time Needed

About 15 minutes.

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 events