Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Name That Erosional Force 9.28.2011

Fig A 
Fig. B 

Describe the erosional and weathering forces that are happening in fig. A and Fig. B. 
Do either fig A or B relate to glaciers? 
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92 comments:

Camille D said...

The erosional forces that are happening in figure A is gravity. Neither of the figures ralate to glaciers

jasmine M. said...

The errosional force is gravity. and no they do not relate to glaciers

Aleha C :D said...

fig 1, gravity
neither figure relates to glaciers.

Sarah L said...

The erosional force in fig. A is the gravity and fig. B is a rock slide and none relate

JordanF said...

The land is sliding down the slope due to gravity. glaciers have nothing to do with it.

alexander p said...

Gravity is helping both and wind. None of the figures are related to glaciers.

Serrreena M(: said...

One is gravity! the other is that none of the figures have anything to do with glaciers!

Brian B said...

A is a landslide and figure b is a rock fall and both were most likely caused lots of water and storms.

emile w said...

1 Figure A is a land slide and figure B is a rock fall, both of these were probably caused by lots of water is the ground witch caused the land / rock to slide.
2 None of them were caused by glaciers.

Kyle M2 said...

The erosion and weathering forces that are happening is land slide and rock fall.And they relate to glaciers.

Oja, Noah said...

the erosianal force is gravity and it is mechanical weathering. Neither realte to glaciers

molly m said...

The erosional forces in figure A and B is gravity.Neither picture A or B does not relate to glaciers.

Kyle M1 said...

A. In fig. A the mountain eroded by water or ice glaciers. In fig. B The mountains eroded and fell apart.
B. B relates to glaciers

Nicole C. said...

The erosional force in figure A gravity. Figure B is gravity too because the gravity is pulling the dirt down. None of the figure relate to glaciers.

kaylee m. said...

1. its erosional force is gravity and its mechanical weathering.

2. No because i think they both are from rockslides.

Rhiannon J said...

I think figure A relates to glaciers. Figure B is gravity.

Rand N. said...

Figure A and B are gravity. Glaciers created the land which resulted into the rockfall and mudslide.

Nate B. said...

1. Gravity and wind
2. None of them have to do with glaciers

SammyG said...

the erosion force is gravity and its mechanical weathering. picture A or B is not related to glaciers

Jewel C said...

the erosinal forces that are happening are gravity . Both of the figures do not relate to glaciers

Dillon M said...

no they dont all it is all gravity

Maddie C said...

A is a landslide and figure B is a rock fall and both were most likely caused lots of water and storms. (:

Bourque,Dale said...

1 Figure A is a land slide and figure B is a rock fall, both of these were probably caused by lots of water is the ground witch caused the land / rock to slide.
2 None of them were caused by glaciers.

cam.l said...

Figure one is a slump or a slope

Emily G. ;-) said...

The erosional forces are gravity and wind, And both of the figures do not relate to glaciers.

Stephen F said...

i think those erosional forces were rock slides

cam.l said...

Niether of them have anything to do with glaciers

kyle L said...

1 Figure A is a land slide and figure B is a rock fall, both of these were probably caused by lots of water is the ground witch caused the land / rock to slide.
2 None of them were caused by glaciers.

tyla g said...

i think they had something to do with earthquakes and the moving of a glacier/

Stevey A said...

Figure A is a landslide and figure B is a rock fall and none of them are related by glaciers.

Julia M said... said... said... said... said...

1. Erosion
2. Is a dirt and rock side

emily w said...

1.Figure a is a landslide.
2.Figure b is a rockfall and caused by water.

Maddi H said...

The erosional forces for figure A & figure B are gravity and wind , and both of them could have been partially caused by glaciers.

Anonymous said...

EmilyM ~

the first one was gravity and they were both mast likely caused by water

nick p said...

they could be related to glaciers

Sabrina D:) said...

Erosional forces are wind and gravity. They are not the same. :)

joshua t said...

1 Figure A is a land slide and figure B is a rock fall, both of these were probably caused by lots of water is the ground witch caused the land / rock to slide.
2 None of them were caused by glaciers.

Gail L(: said...

Figure a is a slump and figure 2 is a rockfall. no they are not similar rot glaciers

NRP said...

they could have had glaciers at one point

Hannah N :D said...

Figure 2 is the force of Gravity. No they are not similar rot glaciers. ;)

SoPhIaA. said...

1. I think that figure one relates to a land slide but could also relate to glaciers.Because the bottom of a glacier is all putty like. It could be easy for the glacier to drag the ground with it.
2. I think number two is from a land slide which probably happened after a natural disaster like a flood, tropical storm, or hurricane. But it is likely for the hill like a glacier to slowly crumble from the angle it is at and ice wedging could have helped it get to that point.

Grace B said...

they are both gravity, for erosion and they have absolutely nothing to do with glaciers.

Archer t said...

In both figures there are pictures of slump and landslides. These 2 phenomenons don't relate glaciers, most of the time.

sarah m said...

Figure a is do to gravity and so is figure b.
None of them have to do with glaciers.

Bearor, Katie :) said...

These are both examples of erosion by gravity. However these are not glaciers, they are landslides.

Connor P said...

Gravity is the main factor that is eroding in this picture
1. Figure one is slump
2. Figure two is a rock fall or rock slide

Erik C said...

Both are caused by gravity, glaciers have nothing to do with either figure.

Nick M said...

The erosional force on the top is probably slump. It looks like a large amount of sediments slipping down the hill. The one on the bottom is absolutely a landslide. I don't see how it would be anything different. I don't think a glacier had effect on either of those, but something like ice wedging might have effected the landslide to occur.

Ronahn said...

A) Both A and B are caused by gravity.
B) Neither A or B usually relate to gravity.

Holly J said...

Figure A could have something to do with a glacier but it looks like and indent in the ground. Figure B looks like a landslide.

Gracie N(: said...

In figure A and figure B the forces are both gravity.
Neither figures relate to glaciers.

Ian C said...

What is happening in fig.1 is a landslide in which sections of the hill are breaking apart and falling down with gravity.
In fig.2 a ROCK SLIDE is happening, probably caused by ice wedging, a storm, and gravity.
I think neither figure has a lot to do with glaciers

Spencer P. Shields said...

In both pictures are examples of landslide and slump. Sometimes these erosional forces can e related to glaciers, but most of the time they are not.

Cameron T. said...

Figure 1: Is a picture of a land slide where some grass and dirt slid down a hill slide.
Figure 2: This is a picture of a rock slide. The rock slid/fell down the slope into the road.

Both were examples of mechanical weathering. And neither of them had to do with glacier. Unless you count how glaciers formed figure 2. But, the glacier also had some dynomite to help.

Kasey G. said...

In both figures gravity is the erosional force. In the Figure A and B a landslides are occurring. They could relate glaciers because the glaciers could of formed the mountains and/or large hills that the landslides are happening on and if there weren't any mountains/and or hills we wouldn't have landslides.

Sara H said...

1.Figure A is an example of glacial erosion because there is a hole in the ground where the glacier was located.

2.Figure B is an example of gravitational erosion because the rocks are being pulled down the slope.

3. Figure A relates to glaciers because the glacier could have been moving slowly down the hill and digging into ground pulling the excess earth with it.

Ronahn said...

Sorry.
I meant B) Neither A or B usually relate to glaciers.

Tanner M said...

In both pictures it is landslides/rockslides occuring and gravity is just pulling away at it.
Glaciers dont really relate to this besides the movement down the side of a hill.

Liz N. said...

In figure A there is gravity, most likely slump or creep and in Figure B there is landslides or rockfalls and there is not glacial erosion in either figures. If figure B happened to be a mountain it would be an avalanch which would be a glacial force but it looks like it is just a rock slide or some type of lanslide. Also in figure A there is some type of rockfall/side or a landslide but if there was trees or something on that slope in Figure A creep would be happening also.

Isaiahp said...

In figure 1 there is a landslide and the hill is breaking apart. In figure 2, there is a rockslide and is breaking down the mountain by gravity. neither figure has too do with or relate to glaciers.

matt c said...

I don't think that the pictures have anything in common because one looks like a landslide and the other one is a rock slide.

whats happening in fig 1 is land like mud trees and anything else in its way is being pulled down a steep slope by gravity.

In figure 2 there was a rock slide then the rocks rolled onto a road and stopped. They would of destroyed anything in there path cars, trees, and even houses.

Mason B said...

The pictures above show traces of erosional forces that have destroyed these areas of the world. Possible forces that may have caused these disturbances are rock slides or rock falls, land slides, mudflows, slump, creep, etc. Although, these cavities in the earth may have been caused by glaciers that have all melted away, but there is not absolute evidence to prove any of these theories.

matt c said...

both of these things would cause mass damage

Will P said...

The first picture is a very interesting picture... very interesting indeed. It looks as though it was taken out of an airplane, or maybe a helicopter, onto grooves dug out of the ground. In the first picture it looks as though a glacier came through the area, ripping up all the ground in it's path. It also shows the power of glaciers to make huge grooves big enough to see from the sky. Also it shows how powerful they are because those grooves have probably been there since the last ice age, so those grooves have stood the test of erosion for thousands and thousand of years. And although from the picture it is hard to tell how big the grooves are, I'd guess that they are VERY BIG.

the second picture in general in much easier for me to decipher. I highly doubt that that one has anything to do with glaciers. If it has anything to do with ice, it's more likely something that affects rocks more often such as ice wedging. Plus, the way the rocks are over a road tells me that glaciers didn't cause it, because in that setting I doubt glaciers had been around for thousands of years. No, that rock slide was probably caused by something more common such as ice wedging or a large amount of rain making the ground unstable, causing it to come loose and fall all over the road. If it had been from a glacier so many years ago it wouldn't be on a road because there weren't roads back then and if there were it would've been cleaned up by now. Besides, glaciers don't often cause rock slides anyway, that's not how they erode. They carve out grooves in the land.

That is what I think happened in the first and second picture of this blog... what do you think caused these scenes that weathering and erosion caused?

Aaron R said...

the weathering force in the picture was a landslide. It was probably caused by water and gravity also contributed though it doesn't look to wet so maybe the dirt was just loose but whatever the cause I know that one of the main causes for this landslide was water, whatever cause the dirt to be loose though we can only guess unless we know where the pictures came from. I also noticed that the landslide covered a road in one of the pictures and it could have kept going. this could have caused considerable damage as well as injury's up to death. this could also cause thousands of dollars in reparement for the one road and it would be blocked so that it was inexesable. Although it doesn't look like it has hit any other structures it could have hit a house, another building or even another road. this could also cause a lot of damage. the landslide in figure 2 looks like it is just starting to go. It was probably

joshua t said...

In figure A there is gravity, most likely slump or creep and in Figure B there is landslides or rockfalls and there is not glacial erosion in either figures. If figure B happened to be a mountain it would be an avalanch which would be a glacial force but it looks like it is just a rock slide or some type of lanslide. Also in figure A there is some type of rockfall/side or a landslide but if there was trees or something on that slope in Figure A creep would be happening also.

Lacey A(: said...

It Looks Like there is gravity pulling it apart..

Cheyenne R said...

1 Figure A is a land slide and figure B is a rock fall, both of these were probably caused by lots of water is the ground witch caused the land / rock to slide.
2 None of them were caused by glaciers.

caelin w said...

a. figure a is a rockfall


b. figure b is a rock slide


c. and they both have nothing to do with glaciers

KaCEE Brinkerhoff said...

figure A there is gravity, most likely slump or creep and in Figure B there is landslides or rockfalls and there is not glacial erosion in either figures. If figure B happened to be a mountain it would be an avalanch which would be a glacial force but it looks like it is just a rock slide or some type of lanslide. Also in figure A there is some type of rockfall/side or a landslide but if there was trees or something on that slope

jason p said...

1. a is a land slide and b is rock slide, from a large ammount of moisture in the ground.

2. neither of these are glaciers.

C.J. M said...

jason is rite

Eli G said...

1. Niether of these are Glaciers


2. A is a rock slide and B is a land slide

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Lauryn f said...

figure A: is rock fall.


figure B: is rockfall.

glaciers do not relate to figure a or b

mary w. said...

what josh t said

Sammy P said...

Yes for figure B. is related to glaciers because its falling like glaciers do. Figure A isn't related to glaciers because it looks like its carved, not natural.

CHRISTOPHER N said...

FIG.A.IS A LAND SLIDE FIG.B.IS A ROCK SLIDE.

NONE ARE FROM GLACIERS

Lizzy G said...

I think figure A is is gravity and mechinical weathering. it seems like the rock had to of been there for a long amount of time. Figure 2 looks like wind caused a rock fall.the rock fall is dangerous if people were under it. neither figures relater to glaiters.

Peter m said...

1 it fall down

2 it was not hard

Anonymous said...

in both figures the problem is because of gravity. in figure a the problem is because the area in the ground sank and cossed the serfface to sink in.
And the problem in figure B is because of the ice melter and pieces of the ice broke off and fell to the rode lukkas p

Anonymous said...

the actuall coss is rock slides for figure b srry about that i thought it was ice
lukkasp

caelin w said...

think don't just say the same thing as someone else use your own word's

jake g said...

A.land slide

B.rock slide

C.IDK

Anonymous said...

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Jacqueline L. said...

fig.A is probably a landslide

fig.b is a rock slide which both do not relate to glaciers at all

Traciee:) T said...

Figure B because it falls down like a glacier and figure B is a rockslide.

TracieeT said...

Figure B falls like a Glacier. It is caused by erosion. But figure B is a rockslide.

liamf364 said...

#1 is a mudslide in the process

#2 is a rock slide that has already happened

jarred s said...

in fig A and B it shows a land slide

ricky said...

the erosional force that is happening in fig. A is gravity neither figures relate to glaciers

Aaron R said...

the weathering force in the picture was a landslide. It was probably caused by water and gravity also contributed though it doesn't look to wet so maybe the dirt was just loose but whatever the cause I know that one of the main causes for this landslide was water, whatever cause the dirt to be loose though we can only guess unless we know where the pictures came from. I also noticed that in figure B, landslide covered a road in one of the pictures and it could have kept going. this could have caused considerable damage as well as injury's up to death. this could also cause thousands of dollars in reparement for the one road and it would be blocked so that it was inexesable. Although it doesn't look like it has hit any other structures it could have hit a house, another building or even another road. this could also cause a lot of damage.


the landslide in figure A looks like it is just starting to go. It was probably caused by water and gravity, though water may not be the cause. there is another cause and that could be to much plowing, enough in fact to cause the soil to become loode and slide down the hill. It looks like this landslide was near civilyzation. I can tell because in the background I can see some pastures which means there is probably farming. this could cause extensive damage to the animals and the crops. It could also hit a barn or a house which could cause a lot of damage. It could also hit roads and cause lots of other damage. there is also the chance that it could not hit anything and that picture is the most that that particulare landslide will go but it is unlikely.


I think that the landslide in figure A could have been caused by a glacier. when you look at it over all a glacier might have caused the slope therefore thousands of years later this landslide occuers and then the land slide, in a sense, could have been caused by a glacier. But since there is no evidence I cannot cunclude whether this landslide was caused by a glacier or not. it is very difficult to dicied. in figure B though there is endless evidence that this landslide was not caused by a glacier because in the picture it is a very steep slope and it looks like the road could be built on a hill or a mountain, though it is inpossibe for me to tell from the picture which one, but the human have carved out a place for the road to be therefor creating the steep slop the the rocks slid from. but the carving in the hill was deffintly done by humans because nature couldn't do something that perfect, Therefore this landslide was our falt. I also have noticed that when stuff like this happens, we don't fix the problem, instead we just fix the road or structure and move on, and eventually it will happen again.


This is my perspective of what happened in the 2 pictures and the question on this blog.What do you think about it? How do you think these landslides happened? please post on Mr. Rubys blog.