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magma cools and solidifies.

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Q: What breaks down igneous into sediments?
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How are igneous rocks broken down into sediments?

rock cycle


What process breaks down granite into sediment?

The process that breaks down granite into sediments is weathering.


Breaks down rocks into sediments?

Wind and water


How ingneous rock can turn into sedimentary rock?

Igneous Rock turns into a Sedimentary Rock using Weathering and Erosion. Weathering breaks down the rock into small sediments. Erosion takes the rock and send the sediments into another location, where they are deposited and then consolidated to form a sedimentary rock.


How can a igneous and metamorphic rock turn into sediments?

Igneous and metamorphic rock can be turned into sediments through weathering and erosion. For example: wind, water, and gravity.


A sedimentary rock is weathered by wind and water The rock breaks down into sediments again If the sediments become cemented what type of rock will be formed?

sedimentary rock


What can erosion and weathering create?

Sediments. Weathering and Erosion can break down Sedimentary rocks, Igneous rocks and Metamorphic rocks all into Sediments. Hopefully this helped you.


Is made of sediments an igneous rock characteristics?

No, rocks made of sediments are called sedimentary rocks. Igneous rock comes from volcanic activity -- lava and the like.


What can sedimentary rocks form?

Any rock that breaks down into sediments and then pressed back into a solid form.


Which step in the rock cycle occurs before sediments are laid down?

The step right before is when erosion breaks down rock.


How the igneous rocks change?

Igneous rocks change to Metamorphic rocks through heat and pressure. Igneous rocks change to sedimentary rocks through weathering and erosion until the igneous rock is sediments. The sediments then compact to form sedimentary rocks.


Which step in the rock cycle occurs immediately before sediments are laid down?

The step right before is when erosion breaks down rock.