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When wind and water break rock down?

Wind and water can break down rock through a process called weathering. Water can seep into cracks in the rock and freeze, expanding and causing the rock to break. Wind can carry small particles that can abrade the rock's surface over time.


What is the wearing away of rock by water and wind?

The wearing away of rock by water and wind is called erosion. This process occurs over time as water and wind break down and transport rock particles, shaping the Earth's surface.


What is the process by which rock is broken down by wind water and temperature changes?

Weathering


What natural activies work to break down rock?

water, wind, waves, and gravity


What is the process in which water wind ice and heat break down rock is called what?

The process in which water, wind, ice, and heat break down rock is called weathering. Weathering involves the physical or chemical breakdown of rocks into smaller pieces.


When granite rock is exposed to water wind or ice it can break down into smaller pieces and become what rock?

Common Granite


What is weathering the process in which water wind and heat break down rock?

Another word for this is erosion.


What rocks the one that does not originate in sediments laid down by water wind or ice is?

The type of rock that does not originate in sediments laid down by water, wind, or ice is igneous rock. Igneous rock forms from the cooling and solidification of magma or lava. This process can occur both above and below the Earth's surface.


Three chemical processes that weather rock?

Dissolution: where rock minerals are dissolved by acidic water. Oxidation: where minerals react with oxygen to form new compounds, weakening the rock. Hydrolysis: where minerals are broken down by water and acids, altering their chemical composition and structure.


Which agent can change both sand and rock formations over time?

its wind


How does wind help braking rocks?

The contracting and expanding of rock from the sun or water and ice breaks any rock that has a weak seam. The wind tends to grind rocks down by blowing sand grains against the rock's surface.


How does schist become sand?

Weathering like wind, water, or plants break down the rock turning it to sand!