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When a hammer break s a large rock into smaller pieces the broken rock is on example of what kind of change?
phyiscal change
What breaks rock up into tiny pices?
Ice
The process by which rock surfaces break down into smaller pieces by physical means?
Mechanical weathering is the breakdown of rock into smaller pieces by physical means. \o/
Rivers and glaciers can fragments of rock?
deteriorate the condition in which the rock implodes at contact because it is frozen from the temperatures and break into smaller rock
Weathering and erosion break igneous and other types of rock into smaller pieces called what?
Sediments
What does the term parent rock refer to?
sometimes rocks break off into pices the rock the pices came from is known as the parent rock
What process break solid rock into smaller?
Erosion Construction
How does solid rock break into smaller pieces?
Solid rocks break into smaller pieces because weathering could take bits and pieces of the rock. Then erosion carries the rock to some were else. Finally deposition will drop the rock in that place were the erosion brought it.
How are metamorphicrocks formed?
winmd and water break off tinney pices of rock that is how the are formed
How metamorphicrock form?
winmd and water break off tinney pices of rock that is how the are formed
Can rocks still be considered solids if they can break into smaller bits?
yes they can be a rock will never turn in to air or water or anything rather then a solid rock is rock as rock
When a hammer break s a large rock into smaller pieces the broken rock is on example of what kind of change?
phyiscal change
How do rocks break into smaller pieces?
You smash a rock with a bigger rock
What breaks rock up into tiny pices?
Ice
What are broken pices of rock called?
conglomerate
How does freezing and thawing cause rocks to break into smaller pieces?
Water manages to get into a crack in a rock, and with cold temperatures, freezes. When transferring from a liquid to a solid, the molecules of water expand by crystallization, widening the crack in the rock.
What does rock particles mean?
All of these changes break rocks into smaller pieces called rock particles
