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They are sediments.
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What is the difference between sand and dirt and soil?
Sand is small pieces of worn stone. Dirt is just muck. Soil is something that plants can grow in, a bit like peat.
How does solid rock becomes soil?
After millions of years of the rock degrating, it becomes an almost sand like substance. Rocks are broken down by the natural elements until it is in such small pieces that it is like sand. Add decomposed organic matter and you have soil.
What absorbs most water sand or soil?
Soil because sand is loose. soil also has small air sacks and then the water gets sucked in.
What is the process of breaking rock into soil sand or other tiny pieces?
it is called weathering
Soil that has small grains and holds water easily?
sand
What is the small pieces of sand rocks shells or remnants of plants and animals?
sand or soil
What is the difference between sand and dirt and soil?
Sand is small pieces of worn stone. Dirt is just muck. Soil is something that plants can grow in, a bit like peat.
sandy soil and clayey soil, which is more porous and why?
I would say Sandy soil because the little pieces of sand can fill in the empty spaces that the bigger pieces of sand can't fill. Hope that helps.
How does solid rock becomes soil?
After millions of years of the rock degrating, it becomes an almost sand like substance. Rocks are broken down by the natural elements until it is in such small pieces that it is like sand. Add decomposed organic matter and you have soil.
Are sand solids or liquids?
Sand is made of small pieces of solid rock.
What absorbs most water sand or soil?
Soil because sand is loose. soil also has small air sacks and then the water gets sucked in.
What is the process of breaking rock into soil sand or other tiny pieces?
it is called weathering
What can you call sand mud and small pieces of rock?
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When rocks are broke down into small pieces they are known as what?
sand
Soil that has small grains and holds water easily?
sand
Water and wind can break rock into small pieces what happens to these small pieces when they break away?
become part of the soil
What tiny pieces of rock are called?
Rocks break into small pieces which are known as sediments.thes may be of the form sand,clay,mud,etc....!!
