Remember to take notes on the concepts presented in all modules. You may very well see this material again on a Concept Quick Quiz!! Module 1.1 - Reading as a Complex Cognitive Process. Learning Objectives: When you finish Mod 1.1 you should be able to answer the following questions:
a rapid, downslope movement of earth materials that occurs when a relatively thin block of loose soil, rock and debris separates from the underlying bedrock. rock slide. a type of landslide that occurs when a sheet of rock moves downhill along a sliding surface. slump.
A rockfall in Grand Canyon National Park. Mass wasting, also known as slope movement or mass movement, is the geomorphic process by which soil, sand, regolith, and rock move downslope typically as a mass, largely under the force of gravity, but frequently affected by water and water content as in submarine environments and mudflows.