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It's called chemical weathering. Think acid rain.
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∙ 11y agoweather and water break down rocks to sediment
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∙ 12y agoIt's called weathering, either mechanical or chemical, or erosion.
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∙ 13y agoChemical Weathering
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∙ 13y agohyperspatial or chemical weathering
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∙ 14y agoChemical Weathering
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∙ 11y agomechanical weathering
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∙ 10y agoChemical weathering.
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What is the process that breaks rocks down into particles or its chemical components called?
weathering
What process breaks rocks down into smaller pieces?
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.
Acid rain breaks down rocks by reacting with their minerals. This process is an example of?
chemical weathering
How do changes in temperature cause rocks to break down?
It breaks down the rocks
What is the process that changes rock into sedimemts?
That would be the process of erosion or weathering. This is when water beats against rocks through rain or waves, and breaks them down into sediment.
What is weathering that breaks down rocks without changing it chemically?
erosion
What is the process that breaks down rocks by changing the composition?
Erosion
What is the process that breaks down rocks by changing their composition?
Erosion
The process by which exposure to weather breaks down rocks and minerals?
Weathering
What is the process that breaks rocks down into particles or its chemical components called?
weathering
What process breaks rocks down into smaller pieces?
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.
What is the one word that physically and chemically breaks food?
Chewing physically breaks food, while the saliva chemically breaks it down.
This process breaks down rocks and forms soil?
Erosion is the wearing away of rocks by wind and water, which causes them to break down and form soil.
Acid rain breaks down rocks by reacting with their minerals. This process is an example of?
chemical weathering
What in chemical weathering breaks down rocks?
The type of chemical weathering that breaks down rocks is acid.
What is a process that breaks down rocks above the Earth's surface?
The process that breaks down rock above the earths surface are numerous and could be generally reffered to as Exogenous Processes, they include, Weathering, Denudation and Mass-wasting.
How do changes in temperature cause rocks to break down?
It breaks down the rocks
