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The air breaks the rock when the air is strong and the small pieces of the rock carried away by it.
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How do gases from the air help break down rocks?
Oxygen oxidizes, water vapor condenses.
How does the weathering of rocks at the peak of a mountain difffer from the weathering of rocks at sea level?
The reason it differs is because when it is at the top of a mountain, the air is much colder. The air penertrates the pours (holes) in the rocks and it causes it to slowly crack and eventually break completely. At sea level it is not as cold, but when the water continuously hits the rocks, some of the particles in the rocks break away. When a rock is warm, the Particles in it expand and when a rock is cold the particles in it contract. Because it is constantly expanding and contracting, it makes the rock weaker and eventually it will break.
Which force does not break down rocks in nature?
sunlight does not break down rocks
What is is it called when plate movement causes rocks to break?
When plate movement causes rocks to break it is call an earthquake.
What is the process in which rocks first bend and then break?
The process is called weathering because the changes in the weather break the rocks.
How do gases from the air break down rocks?
Oxygen oxidizes, water vapor condenses.
Why do you think weather is used to refer to the breakdown of rocks?
Because water and air are a form of weather and they both break down rocks.
Why can air water and ice break rocks into tiny fragments?
because it falls into little ice and formes into rocks and turns solid.
How do gases from the air help break down rocks?
Oxygen oxidizes, water vapor condenses.
What process can break rocks apart?
erosion can break rocks apart, weathering can also break rocks apart
Can rocks break your back?
Yes , Rocks Can Break Your Back .
How does the weathering of rocks at the peak of a mountain difffer from the weathering of rocks at sea level?
The reason it differs is because when it is at the top of a mountain, the air is much colder. The air penertrates the pours (holes) in the rocks and it causes it to slowly crack and eventually break completely. At sea level it is not as cold, but when the water continuously hits the rocks, some of the particles in the rocks break away. When a rock is warm, the Particles in it expand and when a rock is cold the particles in it contract. Because it is constantly expanding and contracting, it makes the rock weaker and eventually it will break.
Which force does not break down rocks in nature?
sunlight does not break down rocks
If you keep freezing and thawing rocks will they break?
rocks can break if you freeze and thaw it
Can a rocks break?
Some rocks can be shattered.
How do you break rocks in Pokemon Ruby?
You can break rocks by using the move Rock Smash.
What kind of weather can break up rocks?
All weather can and will break up rocks.
