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The moving of weathered rocks and soil by wind water or ice is called?
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∙ 13y ago
erosion, which is caused by wind or water
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What are the two main ingredients of soil?
it could be humus and water or water and weathered rocks
What are 4 things that erode weathered rocks?
ice, water, wind, gravity
The movement of weathered rock material?
The movement of eroded rock particles by wind, water, ice, and gravity is called erosion.
How does weathered material move?
It moves by different rocks and soils are carried from the water and is buried under bigger holes and rocks.
What are the main ingrediants of soil?
There are four materials in soil: weathered rock particles, organic matter, water, and air.
What are the two main ingredients of soil?
it could be humus and water or water and weathered rocks
What is the main ingredients of topsoil?
it could be humus and water or water and weathered rocks
What is the process of rocks breaking down into smaller pieces explain 2?
it is called weathering; the rocks get weathered by wind, water, or earthquakes (main examples) and peices break off
What are 4 things that erode weathered rocks?
ice, water, wind, gravity
What weathers rocks?
Rocks can be weathered by the wind or rain, or if water gets in some of the cracks, it would break apart
The movement of weathered rock material?
The movement of eroded rock particles by wind, water, ice, and gravity is called erosion.
How does weathered material move?
It moves by different rocks and soils are carried from the water and is buried under bigger holes and rocks.
What forms when rocks are weathered and eroded?
Sediment is formed when rocks are eroded or weathered in water. When the process occurs on land, the smaller pieces of rock mix with organic matter (plant, animal or spoor), and eventually become soil.
What is erosion in the rock cycle?
Erosion is the process of the movement of loosened or weathered materials from one place to another, and occurs due to the agents of erosion (wind, moving water, moving ice, and gravity).
What are the main ingrediants of soil?
There are four materials in soil: weathered rock particles, organic matter, water, and air.
What happens to rocks that are in moving water?
They are eroded by the water.
How are rocks weathered by frost action?
Rocks are weathered by frost action when water fills in a crack and freezes into ice causing the crack to expand. This weathers the rock this thaws the rock and greatly damages all of the weathering processes.
