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Water does not melt rocks; rocks melt at temperatures that would long ago have boiled water. However, water can help erode rocks because when water freezes into ice, it expands. As a result, when water gets into cracks in the rock surface and subsequently freezes, the expansion pressure breaks the rocks into smaller pieces.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 8y ago== == Rain water contains carbonic acid which slowly dissolves rocks, especially the carbonate variety, such as limestone. Moving water carries small rock particles to larger and larger bodies of water, until they may end up in the ocean as silt, clay, and sand. Water freezing in the cracks of rocks acts like a jack, prying the rocks into smaller and smaller pieces. And water acts as a chemical catalyst, dissolving elements from rock and carrying them away as described above. Frozen water in the form of glaciers can scour a landscape of earth, rocks, and everything else in its path.
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∙ 12y agoThe water and the sediments within the water "collide" with the shore(sand, rock etc.) and the water eats away at the (sand, rock etc.) and the sediments hit the (sand, rock etc.) and basically the (sand, rock etc.) breaks into the water, then gets broken down.
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∙ 9y agoWater can erode landforms over time, especially dirt. Water erodes things by constantly putting pressure on it and washing it away.
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∙ 13y agoIt takes small amounts of sediment as it rushes by, causing the land to gradually erode
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∙ 6y agoIt erodes any surface somewhat like you erode (file) your finger nails. Just by running water on the surface. The Grand Canyon is an example of this effect over a very long time.
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∙ 13y agoThrough fluvial processes which includes corrosion ie direct hydraulic action and waves action.
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∙ 11y agoBecause of acidic rain
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Does heat and metamorphism cause rock to weather and erode?
No because it is rain and running water.
How do glaciers erode rock?
sedimentary rock
Can a harder rock erode more quicker then a softer rock?
no
How does glaciers erode by abrasion?
The heat from the glaciers makes the rocks erode or in other words melt.
How does water erode rock on steep hills?
It erodes rocks on steep hills because the rain is slightly acidic so the acid (carbonic acid) and when the rain falls on those rocks it dissolves them slowing turning them into sediment! :) +++ Not quite. Carbonic acid only attacks calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate and calcium sulphate (the essential minerals of limestone & chalk, dolomite and gypsum, respectively), although water will hydrolyse some other rock minerals very slowly. The dissolved minerals are carried away in solution, not as sediment; but the rocks' insoluble constituents do become sediment. An upland stream can erode rock rapidly thanks to its higher gradient hence speed, but against that the further uphill you find the stream, the smaller its volume.
Do steep hills erode faster than gentle hills?
Steep Hill Erodes Faster. The Water Picks Up Speed And More Energy To Wear Away The Earth. Generally, hills will be steep because they are made of resistant rock; whereas gentle hills will have that shape because they are made of rock that is easily eroded. Hence steep hills will not necessarily erode faster than gentle ones. However, if a hill is steep because it has recently been formed by tectonic activity, and it comprises soft rock, it will erode faster than a more gentle hill of the same material.
What type of rock is water proof?
no rock is water proof if a rock get hit with water it does erode so no rock is water proof
How do you put erode in a sentence?
erode is a noun. Wind and water erode rock. past tense- eroded The Colorado River eroded the Grand Canyon
How can water erode materials?
Water seeps into cracks and breaks apart the rock or water rubs the side of the rock that is exposed and breaks off pieces of the rock.
What are things that erode weathered rock?
things that erode weathered rock
How does temperature change erode rock?
If water is caught in cracks in the rock and it freezes it expands. This causes the rock to chip off.
What bodies of water erode and move enormous amounts of soil and rock.?
rivers
How does water erode a canyon?
water erodes a canyon by carrying sediment from the rock walls down the river
How does water erosion affect the appearance of rocks?
Water Erosion could erode away parts of rock.
What property of water allows it to form sinkholes?
It's ability to weather and erode rock.
Does heat and metamorphism cause rock to weather and erode?
No because it is rain and running water.
What body of water can cause a rock to weather?
he constant movement of water anywhere causes rocks to erode and weather.
