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What type of rock when rocks are broken down into smaller fragments?
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∙ 11y ago
Rocks are broken down by physical or chemical weathering.
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Describe how rocks are broken naturally broken down into smaller pieces?
there are hundreds of different kinds of rocks rocks save for tomorrow
What is The formation of large rocks from particles of sediment that occurs as pressure is applied?
What is the process in which rocks ate broken down into smaller pieces by ice, water
What do sediments and beaches have in common?
well, beaches are made of sediments and both are rocks broken down into smaller pieces
Describe why weathering is important to erosion?
weathering breaks down rocks, which makes the sediment easy to be transported
How do rocks turn into soil?
Lichen being a fungi attaches itself to a rock via its root system. The deeper it can anchor itself within the rock the better and more durable attachment it forms. This contributes to mechanical weathering where the roots of the vegetation get bigger and stronger and ultimately splitting the rock into pieces which in time get broken down into even smaller fragments.
Rocks are broken down into smaller fragments by the atmosphere and other factors in the environment is called?
Erosion
The process by which rocks are broken down into smaller fragments by the atmosphere and other factors in the environment is called?
weathering
How do rocks get broken down into small fragments?
Water gets into cracks in the rock, the rock cracks, turns to ice and expands so the rock splits into smaller pieces.. =]
Describe how rocks are broken naturally broken down into smaller pieces?
there are hundreds of different kinds of rocks rocks save for tomorrow
What is it called when rocks are broken down into smaller pieces called sediments?
sedimentation
What two processes that result in rocks being broken down into smaller pieces?
chemical and physical weathering
What is The formation of large rocks from particles of sediment that occurs as pressure is applied?
What is the process in which rocks ate broken down into smaller pieces by ice, water
What do sediments and beaches have in common?
well, beaches are made of sediments and both are rocks broken down into smaller pieces
What does the following sentences mean''Soils were once rocks''?
This mean that rocks over a long period of time becomes. Through processes such as weather rocks are broken down into smaller and smaller peices and (through other processes) become soils.
What does the following sentences mean Soils were once rocks?
This mean that rocks over a long period of time becomes. Through processes such as weather rocks are broken down into smaller and smaller peices and (through other processes) become soils.
Describe why weathering is important to erosion?
weathering breaks down rocks, which makes the sediment easy to be transported
How do rocks turn into soil?
Lichen being a fungi attaches itself to a rock via its root system. The deeper it can anchor itself within the rock the better and more durable attachment it forms. This contributes to mechanical weathering where the roots of the vegetation get bigger and stronger and ultimately splitting the rock into pieces which in time get broken down into even smaller fragments.
