Loose rock material is called detritus.
Loose rock material is called detritus.
sand
The loose material is called sediment. It may include bits of rock, minerals, and organic material like plant and animal remains. This sediment can accumulate in layers over time and eventually become sedimentary rock through processes like lithification.
The loose material on the surface of the Earth is called "regolith." Regolith includes soil, sand, gravel, and other broken rock particles that cover solid rock.
It is false that the loose material on Earth's surface that contains weathered rock particles and humus is bedrock. The loose weathered material on Earth's surface in which plates can grow is soil.
Loose rock material on the Moon is referred to as "regolith." This layer of fragmented rock, dust, and debris covers the lunar surface, resulting from billions of years of meteoroid impacts and geological processes. Regolith varies in thickness and composition, reflecting the Moon's diverse geological history.
The dirt on the moon is called regolith. It is a layer of loose, fragmented material covering solid rock on the moon's surface.
Sand
The bottom layer of rock in a geologic sequence is usually called the basement layer.
Soil, dirt, gumbo, ground, etc.
When you dig up dirt you get to this hard soil like substance. Beneath this is the hard rock you're talking about. It is called Bedrock.
what is the loose material that settles on the bottom of the ocean called