it is called weathering; the rocks get weathered by wind, water, or earthquakes (main examples) and peices break off
Weathering
It is actually called weathering, but if your talking about the process of rocks breaking down into smaller pieces by physical means it is called Mechanical Weathering, by chemical means it is called Chemical Weathering.
Weathering.
Mechanical weathering is the breakdown of rock into smaller pieces by physical means. \o/
The process called weathering is responsible for the breaking up and wearing away of the Earth's rocks. The broken up rocks are then carried away by the process of erosion.
The process of dissolving by breaking into smaller pieces is called dissolution. This is the process through which a solute makes a solution by breaking the solvent.
Weathering
It is actually called weathering, but if your talking about the process of rocks breaking down into smaller pieces by physical means it is called Mechanical Weathering, by chemical means it is called Chemical Weathering.
The process of breaking down food is called digestion.
segmentation
In reference to glaciers or icebergs,when smaller pieces break off and fall away,it is called "calving", as though the parent ice formation were having a calf.
sediment
physical weathering
It is a yes and no question because you can keep breaking it down but eventually it will melt.
Digestion
Yes, and no. You could keep breaking, and breaking an ice cube, but eventually it would melt.
Weathering is the breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces .