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Large rocks on the surface are broken by moisture seeping inside and then freezing in the winter. When they freeze the water inside expands and cracks the rock further. Wind and rain erode rocks. Avalanches break rocks as they fall down the mountainside. Earthquakes and eruptions.
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∙ 16y ago
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∙ 12y agoThis force is know as water. water will slip into the cracks of water and in the winter the water will freeze. Since water expands when it freezes, this causes the cracks to get bigger and bigger until the rock breaks apart.
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∙ 12y agoWeathering is a process by which rocks and minerals are gradually broken down into smaller and smaller particles.
Weathering of rocks is caused by chemical and mechanical means. Slightly acidic rainwater can react with rock surfaces, dissolving them over time. Rocks can also be affected by organic sources of chemical reactants. Heat from the sun can cause differences in temperature between the surface and the interior of a rock which can cause a loosening of the surface called exfoliation. Liquid water penetrates cracks in the rocks surface where it can freeze and expand, opening up the cracks for further attack in tandem with acidic rainwater. Plant root growth can also cause cracks to further expand, making them more vulnerable to frost expansion and chemical attack. Underlying rock which is exposed due to erosion of the overlying rock becomes free of the pressure it was previously exposed to, causing the rock to expand and break apart. Other means of weathering include the expansion of crystallizing salts that have been taken in by a rock surface, expansion due to the absorption of water, and hydraulic action from crashing waves on seashore rock formations.
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∙ 16y agoThere are many ways. Some are abrasion, uplifting, exfoliation, root pry, and frost wedging.
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∙ 13y agoWeathering and erosion breaks up rocks. Water and wind are agents of weathering and erosion.
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∙ 12y agothe anser is water when it freeses it breakes apart the rock
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∙ 11y agoby fregments
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weathering causes rocks to break down into smaller pieces
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Plants and animals
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When rocks eroded they break down into smaller pieces of rocks and minerals called?
Sedimentation
Explain how rock and mountains break apart?
Rocks and mountains break apart due to erosion or weathering. The rocks and mountains would break down into smaller and smaller pieces and fall away.
What is michanical weathering?
the process by which rocks break down into smaller pieces by physical means
Why are large rocks broken into smaller pieces by plants?
because the roots of the plant break down rock (by forsing it 2 break)
How does solid rock break into smaller pieces?
Solid rocks break into smaller pieces because weathering could take bits and pieces of the rock. Then erosion carries the rock to some were else. Finally deposition will drop the rock in that place were the erosion brought it.
How rocks break to smaller pieces?
By weathering.
Can plants cause rocks to break into smaller pieces?
yes
How do plants break rocks into smaller pieces?
plant roots grow into cracks in rocks
When rocks are eroded they break down into smaller pieces of minerals and rocks called what?
Sediment.
How do rocks break into smaller pieces?
You smash a rock with a bigger rock
What would not cause rocks to break into smaller pieces?
Emotional stress
When weathering grinding wind ice and water break rocks down into smaller pieces what are the smaller pieces called?
Sediment
When rocks eroded they break down into smaller pieces of rocks and minerals called?
Sedimentation
What forms when agents of mechanical weathering break rocks into smaller pieces?
erosion
Does weathering weaken rocks?
Yes, weathering weakens rocks, sometimes to the point where they break into smaller pieces.
Explain how rock and mountains break apart?
Rocks and mountains break apart due to erosion or weathering. The rocks and mountains would break down into smaller and smaller pieces and fall away.
When rocks are eroded they break down into smaller pieces of rock and minerals called?
Sediment.
