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Water, Wind or Glacier could make rocks hit and grind each other. This process is termed Attrition.
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What is the grinding away of rock by other rock particles carried in water ice or wind?
Erosion by Weathering
What cause mechanical weathering is the wearing away of rock by rock particles?
When two rocks rub up against each other, pieces of the rock wear away. This is called abrasion.
What is the agent of rock particles that wear away rock?
Water, Waves, Glacier and Wind.
What is the wearing away of rock surfaces by other rock or by sand called?
This would be erosion, via rock particles carried by water, wind, or ice.
Is abrasion an example of the surface of a rock becomes smoother as sand blows past it?
Yes, because abrasion is the grinding away of rock by other rock or sand particles. Water also causes abrasion when it carries sand and rocks that scrape against other rock.
What is the grinding away of rock by other rock particles carried in water ice or wind?
Erosion by Weathering
The agent of mechanical weathering in which rock is worn away by the grinding action of other rock particles is called what?
Abrasion.
The agent of mechanical weathering in which rock is worn away by the grinding action of other rock particles is called?
abrasion
What is the agent of Mechanical weathering in which rock is worn away by the grinding action of other rock particles is called?
Abrasion.
What is the agent mechanical weathering in which rock worn away by the grinding actions of other rock particles is called?
Abrasion.
What is the agent of mechanical weathering called in which rock is worn away by the grinding action of other rock particles?
Abrasion.
Grinding away of rock by rock particles?
Abrasion
What is the grinding away of rock by rock particles?
Abrasion
What is the away grinding of rock by rock particles?
Abrasion
Rock particles wear away rock?
Abrasion is when rock particles are wearing away from the rocks surface. This is done by wind, water, and ice in nature.
What cause mechanical weathering is the wearing away of rock by rock particles?
When two rocks rub up against each other, pieces of the rock wear away. This is called abrasion.
What is the grinding away of rock particles?
abrasion
