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How would you describe the shape of a rock that has just broken off a larger block of rock?
i would describe it as the shape of a rock been broken down into pieces
Smaller pieces of rock from old broken-up comets become?
Small pieces of rock from old broken up comets become asteroids. Asteroids are large moving masses that can break up into smaller pieces. They break up and form meteorites.
What rock are sedimentary rocks?
Many sedimentary rocks are made from the broken bits of other rocks. These are called clast sedimentary rocks. The broken bits of rocks are called sediment. Sediment is the sand you find at the beach, the mud in a lake bottom, the pebbles in a river, and even the dust on furniture. The sediment may, in time, form a rock if the little pieces become cemented together
When pieces of rock are snapped back it is called?
a strain
When a hammer break s a large rock into smaller pieces the broken rock is on example of what kind of change?
phyiscal change
How many pieces was the Plymouth Rock?
Throughout the years many pieces have broken off and since been removed. The first break was when it was loaded on a carriage. I believe that is why it has always been called Plymouth Rock and not Plymouth Rocks.
Small pieces of rock from broken up comet moving through space called?
sedimentary
What is the second group of rocks that forms from sediments or pieces of broken rock called?
sedimentary rocks
Weathered pieces of rock are called?
weathered pieces of rock is called soil.
How is an xenolith rock formed?
A xenolith is a large piece of country rock that has been broken off and/or surrounded by an igneous intrusion. As the magma intrudes the country rock it may completely surround large pieces. These pieces are then called xenoliths.
What is a xenolith and how is it made?
A xenolith is a large piece of country rock that has been broken off and/or surrounded by an igneous intrusion. As the magma intrudes the country rock it may completely surround large pieces. These pieces are then called xenoliths.
How would you describe the shape of a rock that has just broken off of larger block of rock?
i would describe it as the shape of a rock been broken down into pieces
How would you describe the shape of a rock that has just broken off a larger block of rock?
i would describe it as the shape of a rock been broken down into pieces
Smaller pieces of rock from old broken up comets are?
metoeroids
What is the type of weathering in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces?
mechanical
What are tiny pieces of broken rock?
it is call lemstorne
A large rock is slowly broken down into small pebbles over time?
Weathering if the term for a large rock that is slowly broken down into small pebbles over time. These smaller pieces are called sediment, sand, pebbles or silt.
