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They become smooth and oval shaped, because the rushing water erodes the rock fragment/s.

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Oceans and wind and rain push it into the water

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Its size and shape changes.

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They get larger and rounded

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Q: What happens to rocks when they are carried by a stream?
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How does runoff affect the rate of erosion?

As runnoff travels it forms tiny grooves and as a stream runs down erosion happens as the rocks get carried away. Poops


What happens to a river?

Sediment and small rocks are carried down in the river and are deposited.


What happens to the size of the sediment a stream normally carries when it flows from a mountainous area to a flatter area?

The sediment size carried by the stream increases. EW


Particles carried by a stream or river?

A load is the term for particles carried by a stream or river.


What happens when a rock get carried around stream for several days?

It will eventually be ground down into a round rock, then gravel, and finally sand.


What are pebbles and boulders carried in a stream called?

A stream can bounce large pebbles and boulders, along the stream bed. These rocks are called bed load. A stream can carry sand in suspension. These materials, called suspended load, make the river look muddy. The dissolved load is material carried in a solution, which means that the material is dissolved in the water. Sodium and calcium are some of the materials in the dissolved load.


How can a stream cause erosion?

Little sediments are carried by the eroding stream


What pebbles and boulders carried in a stream called?

load or stream load.


What is the materials carried by a stream?

load


What is a streams bed load?

Sediment that is carried by a stream along the bottom of its channel.


What is the amount of water carried by a stream?

Discarge


What stream load has gravel and rocks?

Most likely a fast moving stream.