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What is the property of water that makes it possible for rocks to skip on its surface?
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surface tension
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What makes up the surface of Earth?
ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! minerals
What makes glaciers act like giant sandpaper?
The rocks and pebbles embedded in the ice. When these rocks and pebbles are on the bottom surface of the glacier they are dragged over the surface of the ground, cutting into it (whether it is soil or hard bedrock) cutting grooves in and polishing that surface. Much like the grit glued to sandpaper does to a surface it is rubbed against.
How do you think magma turns into extrusive igneous rocks?
When melted rock material cool's on earth's surface, it makes Extrusive Igneous Rock.
Is crushing rocks a chemical property or physical property?
It is a physical change
Here rocks above this surface are forced up and over rocks below the surface?
Reverse Fault
What makes up the surface of mercury?
rocks and gases mostly rocks
What factors control rocks returning to earths surface and becoming magma?
the heat of the volcano makes the rocks heat. the heat is the rocks the volcano blew up. now the rocks are a red hot liquid, the rocks rise to the surface because of the heat, it pops open the volcano top and makes a new island.
What produced extrusive igneous rocks?
lava, because it forms outside of Earth's surface and makes rocks that harden
What makes up earths surface?
70% of the Earth's surface is water. The rest is land masses that are made up of many different kinds of rocks.
What makes up the surface of Earth?
ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! minerals
What makes a fault different from other kinds of fractures in rocks?
Rocks on either side of a fault move along the surface of the fault.
Facts about sedimentary rocks?
95or all fossils found. Sedimentary rock makes up ¾ of the earth's surface.
What is the implication of Weathering on rocks engineering property?
what is the implication of Weathering on rocks engineering property
What are igneous rocks that form on earth surface?
igneous rocks that form on earth's surface
What makes glaciers act like giant sandpaper?
The rocks and pebbles embedded in the ice. When these rocks and pebbles are on the bottom surface of the glacier they are dragged over the surface of the ground, cutting into it (whether it is soil or hard bedrock) cutting grooves in and polishing that surface. Much like the grit glued to sandpaper does to a surface it is rubbed against.
What rocks originate from the surface of the earth?
Sedimentary rocks form on the Earth's crust, and can form metamorphic rocks when buried. Igneous rocks form under the surface, or when liquid magma reaches the surface as lava.
How is magma different from rocks on Earth's surface?
Magma is under the surface of Earth's crust. Rocks on earth's surface are well ... on Earth's surface. Magma is also molten rock, not solid rock like the rocks on earth's surface.
