A large mass of snow and rock that suddenly slides down a mountainside is a(n)
A) avalanche.
B) talus.
C) soil creep.
D) slump.
E) rockfall.

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An avalanche is a sudden movement of a mass of snow and/or rock down a mountainside. Talus refers to a pile of rocks at the base of a mountain slope, soil creep is a slow, gradual movement of soil downhill, slump is a type of mass wasting where a block of land moves as a coherent unit along a curved surface, and rockfall is when individual rocks detach and fall from a cliff or steep slope.

A Large Mass of Snow and Rock That Suddenly Slides