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After millions of years of the rock degrating, it becomes an almost sand like substance.
Rocks are broken down by the natural elements until it is in such small pieces that it is like sand. Add decomposed organic matter and you have soil.
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What is under bedrock?
Bedrock is the layer of solid rock formations below the soil or underneath glacial drift in a particular area. The rock comprising bedrock could be sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic.
Where in a soil profile is solid rock being weathered into soil?
In the c horizon
Where in this soil profile is solid rock being weathered into soil?
In the C horizon
Where is this soil profile is solid rock being weathered into soil?
In the C horizon
Solid layer of rock beneath soil?
Bedrock
What is a solid portion of our planet consisting of rock soil and sediments?
The Earth's crust is solid, consisting of rock, soil, and sediments.
When melted rock crystallizes into a solid form it becomes a?
It becomes an igneous rock.
Can solid rock become soil?
no
Would you rather live in a house built on solid rock or on fertile soil?
Solid Rock
A Solid layer of rock under the soil is called?
This layer of solid rock is called bedrock.
When and how does magma form solid rock?
It cools and becomes solid
What is solid rock beneath the soil?
bedrock
What is liquid rock that becomes solid called?
igneous rock
Why can't solid rock cannot flow but hot liquid rock can?
Solid rock can (and does) flow. However the when rock mets its viscosity becomes less than the viscocity of a solid and the rate of low becomes perceptible to human senses.
What is under bedrock?
Bedrock is the layer of solid rock formations below the soil or underneath glacial drift in a particular area. The rock comprising bedrock could be sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic.
What type of rock is formed when molten rock cools and becomes soil?
igneous rock
Where in a soil profile is solid rock being weathered into soil?
In the c horizon
