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Plants can contribute to weathering by a tree growing in the cracks of a rock then its roots will eventually run out of room therefor it pushes steadily against the rock until it breaks and so on.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 9y agoGravity weathers rocks by causing a type of erosion that is called downhill creep. It progresses very slowly, causing mechanical weathering by breaking the rocks into pieces as they gradually slide down.
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∙ 12y agoGravity takes the weathered parts of the compound and erodes it. That's why slopes are long
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∙ 15y agothe steepness of mountain slopes increases the effects of mechanical and chemical weathering
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∙ 9y agoThere are several factors that contribute to the weathering of rocks. These include: climate, soil composition, exposure, particle size and time.
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∙ 14y agoGravity has some effect on the rate of weathering because gravity can cause falling rocks to weather rocks down.
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∙ 11y agoYou know gravity pulls things to the center of thee earth. So Maybe a rock fell off a cliff, and it could have changed its original origin
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What type of rocks weather and erode to form sedimentary rocks?
all of them
What types of rocks weather?
All types of rock on the surface will weather.
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.
What does SG stand for in rocks and minerals?
Specific Gravity
What is chemical weathering of rocks?
Where rocks get either smoothed out or layers taken of by the weather.
What are the external forces that acts on the rocks in the rock cycle?
External forces would include gravity, pressure, heat, weather, and plate tectonics.
What are some non examples of weather?
rocks, trees, grass, plants
What kind of weather can break up rocks?
All weather can and will break up rocks.
Why don't the rocks float on the moon?
The gravity is just weaker on the moon, it's still there. The gravity pulls the rocks down.
Does gravity or wind quickly pulls rocks and dirt downhill in a landslide?
Gravity
Why do the rocks at the peak of a mountain weather faster than the rocks at the bottom of the mountain?
Why do the rocks at the top of a moutain peak weather faster the ones at the bottom
Will there be soil if rocks do not weather?
No.
Why don't lunar rocks chemically weather?
No atmosphere-no weather.
What keeps rocks in place?
Gravity and friction.
What pushes and pulls on rocks?
gravity Du
What unknown force has arranged the rocks?
gravity
How do mountaintops weather faster than rocks at sea level?
Mountaintops wheater faster bucause if they are tall ice,rain,and wind can wheater it and if it's a small mountaintop gravity can wheater it.
