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High speed wind such as a tornado or cyclone can result in weathering of rocks. weathering of rocks make the huge rocks into stones and then into pebbles and then gradually into sand.
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Can you put physical weathering in a sentence?
Rain causes physical weathering on rocks of it washes over rocks for a long tome.
Does weathering cause rocks to build up?
No it doesn't because weathering causes rocks to break down not build up.
How do acids in groundwater cause chemical weathering?
It causes chemical weathering because when it touches rocks, the rocks dissolve, forming caves.
What is the natural process that causes rock to breakdown?
Weathering from mechanical and chemical means is the process that causes rocks to become smaller and smaller; wind, rain, the sun, the freeze/thaw cycle, moving glaciers, chemical reactions, and gravity are some of the causes of weathering.
What kinds of rocks are caused of weathering?
Metamorphic rocks change into sediments through weathering
What causes rocks in a stream to be smooth is it weathering?
Weathering or air currents
What causes the breakdown of rocks?
WEATHERING and EROSION
What kind of weathering causes mineral composition of rocks to change?
Chemical weathering
What kinds of weathering causes the mineral composition of rocks to change?
Chemical weathering
Which type of weathering causes the mineral composition of rocks to change?
mechanical weathering
Can you put physical weathering in a sentence?
Rain causes physical weathering on rocks of it washes over rocks for a long tome.
Does weathering cause rocks to build up?
No it doesn't because weathering causes rocks to break down not build up.
How do acids in groundwater cause chemical weathering?
It causes chemical weathering because when it touches rocks, the rocks dissolve, forming caves.
Weathering by abrasion is usually caused by?
Wind-blown sand causes Mechanical Weathering of rocks by abrasion
What causes rocks on the beach to be smooth?
By weathering. The water currents weather the rocks leaving them smooth.
How is erosion and weathering alike?
erosion is the transfer of weathered rocks or soil from one place to another while weathering is the break down of rocks into smaller pieces.....they are alike probably by the fact that water, air, animals, humans or chemicals causes both to occur
What would happen to rocks without air?
they get dryno weathering
