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Moving water, gravity, air, and ice
Gravity causes a rock tumbles down a mountainside or cliff.
Moving water causes the particles in the water to collide and bump against one another.
Strong winds carrying pieces of sand can sandblast surfaces.
Ice in glaciers carries many bits and pieces of rock.
Rocks embedded at the bottom of the glacier scrape against the rocks below.
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What kind of weathering occurs when abrasion and other natural agents physically wear away rock?
physical
What are three agents that can cause abrasion?
water, air, and gravity (rocks scrape against each other by the cause of gravity.)
What is a way abrasion causes mechanical weathering?
The movement of abrasive particles, by either air or in water, would both be agents of mechanical weathering.
What are the 4 types of Erosion?
Hydrolic action, Attrition, Abrasion, Corrosion (Sollution)
What is an example of abrasion weathering?
Abrasion is a Physical /Mechanical weathering .Abrasion is the process of wearing down or rubbing away.
What kind of weathering occurs when abrasion and other natural agents physically wear away rock?
physical
What are three agents that can cause abrasion?
water, air, and gravity (rocks scrape against each other by the cause of gravity.)
What is a way abrasion causes mechanical weathering?
The movement of abrasive particles, by either air or in water, would both be agents of mechanical weathering.
What agents promote abrasion?
The agents that promote abrasion are gravity, running water, and wind. Gravity caused loose soil&rocks to move down the slope of a hill or mountain. Rocks break into smaller pieces as they fall and collide. Running water or wind also can carry particles of sand or rock. These particles scrape against each other and other stationary rocks, thus abrading the exposed surfaces.
What is abrasion resistance?
abrasion resistance is the resistance in abrasion
What are the 4 types of Erosion?
Hydrolic action, Attrition, Abrasion, Corrosion (Sollution)
What is a good sentence with abrasion in it?
abrasion
When sawing and grinding actions of rock fragments in the water is called?
abrasion
What is weathering of rock caused by solid particles hitting or rubbing against them called?
Particles of sand or dust rubbing across the surface of rocks is called abrasion.
Is erosion a form of abrasion?
no abrasion is a form of erosion
What is an example of abrasion weathering?
Abrasion is a Physical /Mechanical weathering .Abrasion is the process of wearing down or rubbing away.
What are the types of erosion?
Erosion is the process of the movement of materials from one place to another, and the four agents of erosion are ice, water, wind, and gravity. Two types of glacial erosion are plucking and abrasion
