What are Mudslides?

NGSS Phenomena: A car being pushed down a street by a mudslide.
In the above image, we see a Prius caught in a mudslide in Burbank, California in Jan 2018.

As you answer the questions that follow, think about the relationship between the below water cycle diagram and the processes that would lead this amount of water and dirt to run down a hill.
NGSS Phenomena:

1. The water we’re seeing in this gif is water, which eventually becomes when it goes back into the atmosphere.

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gas
liquid
solid

2. The force that brings water back down to the earth as it leaves the atmosphere is .

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geothermal energy
magnetism
liquid
gravity
gas
the sun

3. The source of the energy that drives the movement of this water from an ocean to the top of this hill is [[blank]].

4. Water vapor in the atmosphere has to be before it can fall back down toward the earth.

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warmed
vaporized
frozen
cooled

5. Most of Earth's water is found in the until it’s moved into the by energy from .

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the ocean
the sun
the atmosphere
gravity

6. All liquid water eventually flows to thanks to .

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the ocean
gravity
energy from the sun
a glacier
plants

7. Which statement makes the best prediction for what will happen to most of this water after it flows down this hill?

8. In the space below, create a model that shows how water would start in the ocean and end up flowing down a hill.

Color

Width

9. Explain how your model shows how water would start in the ocean and end up flowing down a hill.

10. Explain which steps of your model are influenced by the force of gravity as water cycles between the atmosphere and Earth’s surface.

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