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Wind and glaciers abrade rock with their brute force.
Eugene Kertzmann
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What are the similarities and differences in how wind and glaciers abrade rock?
Wind abrades rock by sandblasting, this is the process in which wind causes the blowing of millions of grains of sand, which bumps across the surface of rocks' surface. it can also happen due to deflation, which is when wind removes the top layer of fine sediment/soil to cause desert pavement (a cheaper way to form pavement☺).Glaciers, however, abrade rock by simply using Gravity. when enough ice builds up on a slope, the ice begins to move downhill. The steeper the slope, the faster the glacier. As glaciers move fowad, the material that they picked up scratch and abrade the rock and soil underneath the glacier, which causes erosion.
What else abrade's rocks besides sediments?
glacier
Compare contrast How wind and glaciers abrade rock?
Wind abrades rock by sandblasting, this is the process in which wind causes the blowing of millions of grains of sand, which bump across the surface of rocks.
What is the agent of rock particles that wear away rock?
Water, Waves, Glacier and Wind.
How wind and glaciers abrade rocks?
By rapid
What is the name of the glacier that has frozen to bedrock?
The name of a glacier that has frozen to bedrock is rock glacier. A rock glacier is formed by angular blocks of frozen rock that form in the valley of glaciers.
What grinds rock away by other rock particles?
Water, Wind or Glacier could make rocks hit and grind each other. This process is termed Attrition.
Which two spheres interact when a glacier erodes a rock?
Which two spheres interact when a glacier erodes rock
What effect does the hardness of a rock have on the rate at which a rock abrades?
The harder a substance is, the longer it takes for it to erode.
Is a glacier called a rock?
A glacier is a mass of frozen water, therefore it cannot be considered a rock.
What factors affect the rate at which rocks abrade in running water?
Answer: Age of the rock, and speed of the water moving, hardness of rock, how much rock there is
What feature is the result of glacier carving out rock as it moves?
The feature that is the result of a glacier carving out rock as it moves is a roche moutonnees. It is a rock formation created by the passage of glacier ice. Or a terminal moraine
