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Heaps of frost-weathered rock fragments are known as scree or talus. They form when frost action causes rocks to fracture and break apart, creating a loose accumulation of debris at the base of cliffs or steep slopes. Scree can be found in mountainous and glaciated regions.
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What comes out of the volcanos crater with the fragments of rock and lava?
fragments of rock dust ash steam and gases
How do the rock fragments formed by weathering become rounded grains?
Sedimentary rocks are formed from the rock fragments that are made when a rock is eroed. Theese rock fragments are transported (carried away) from the rock face, usually by streams or rivers. As they are transported by the water, the rock fragments knock against each other and wear away. When they become very small they are called grains
What are sedimentary rocks of weathered rock fragments called?
Sedimentary rocks of weathered rock fragments are called clastic rocks.
What is the name of the rock with angular fragments?
Large angular rock fragments describes an agglomerate. This usually happens in volcanic vents.
What are two examples of sediment?
1. mineral fragments 2. rock fragments
What is the Movement of fragments of rock?
The movement of rock fragments is called erosion.
What the movement of fragments of rock?
The movement of rock fragments is called erosion.
What are rock fragments that are squeezed together?
Clastic Rock- a sedimentary rock forms when rock fragments are squeezed together.
What is the name for weathered rock fragments?
Weathered rock fragments are known as sediment.
What makes a clastic rock different from a bioclastic rock?
A Clastic sedimentary rock forms when fragments of preexisting rocks are compacted or cemented together. A Bioclastic rock is a clastic rock but the fragments are not of preexisting rock but of organic shell and or bone fragments.
What kind of rock is composed of rounded rock fragments?
A conglomerate, classified by rounded rock fragments larger than 2cm compacted and cemented into a rock.
What is the relationship between gravity and the movement of rock fragments?
Gravity pulls at the rock fragments causing them to move.
What comes out of the volcanos crater with the fragments of rock and lava?
fragments of rock dust ash steam and gases
A rock that is formed from rock fragments is called what?
A clastic rock.
What effect does increased time of abrasion have on the size of rock fragments?
Increased time of abrasion affects rock fragments by taking the fragments away over time. The rock will eventually decrease in size.
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