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Why do cliffs get weathered?
Cliffs can get weathered because of all the rain on them and they can crumbled also they can be eroded by weather and the sea because if there is a lot of strong waves it can wear away the cliff face and it can crumble making it dangerous in some places
Is it true the rate of soil formation is unaffected by the type of rock being weathered?
No
What does a wave-cut platform start with?
Wave-cut platforms begin forming as destructive waves hit against the cliff face, causing undercutting. This destruction of the base of a cliff may cause the cliff to eventually collapse. The collapsed material will eventually be weathered in to even smaller particles.
When was Weathered created?
Weathered was created on 2001-11-20.
What is the process of weathered material being moved by wind water or ice?
The creation of energy is weathered material being moved by wind, water, or ice. . This is done by creating energy through kinetic movement. It also happens to be clean energy, due to absence of fossil fuels.
How does gravity contribute to erosion?
Weathering can break up rocks on a slope or cliff. Then gravity will then pull the weathered rock down the slope or cliff. Erosion is the moving of weathered rock. Gravity would be moving the weathered rock down the slope or cliff.
What type of erosion formed weathered cliff?
wave
How do you rocks get weathered?
We get weathered by being on or near the surface and exposed to environments different than we were formed in.
What type of erosion is a weathered cliff?
When a wave impacts a cliff face, air is forced into cracks under high pressure, widening them. Over long periods of time, the growing cracks destabilise the cliff and fragments of rock break off of it
How is Mt Rushmore being weathered?
yes
Why do cliffs get weathered?
Cliffs can get weathered because of all the rain on them and they can crumbled also they can be eroded by weather and the sea because if there is a lot of strong waves it can wear away the cliff face and it can crumble making it dangerous in some places
How is weathered rock move?
The process of weathered rock being moved is called erosion. Weathered rock can be moved by strong winds, rivers and runoff, or even glaciers.
Why shouldn't you build on the edge of a cliff?
because the cliff is constantly being eroded by the elements. they will cause the cliff to be undercut and eventually the cliff will collapse.
Why are there rocks in the river?
They have been deposited there after being weathered and eroded from their point of origin.
Where in a soil profile is solid rock being weathered into soil?
In the c horizon
Is it true the rate of soil formation is unaffected by the type of rock being weathered?
No
Where in this soil profile is solid rock being weathered into soil?
In the C horizon
