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The gradual wearing away or breaking down rocks by abrasion is a type of what weathering?

Mechanical Weathering.


What type of weathering is the gradual wearing away or breaking down of rocks by abrasion?

physical


What The breaking down and wearing away of the earth's rocks by the atmosphere is called oxidation?

The breaking down and wearing away of the earth's rocks by the atmosphere is called weathering. Oxidation is a type of chemical weathering that occurs when minerals in rocks react with oxygen.


Breaking down of rocks?

Weathering.


What is the breaking up of rocks in to sediments called?

The breaking up of rocks into sediments is called weathering. Weathering can be physical (mechanical) or chemical in nature, and it is a key process in the formation of sedimentary rocks.


What is the prosess of weathering?

Weathering is the breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces .


What is the breaking apart and changing of rocks?

Weathering.


What is the name for tree roots forming out of rocks?

Biological weathering; Its a type of weathering which involves the breaking apart and disintegration of rocks throught the process of tree roots out growth or development by opening of cracks, joints and faults in rocks.


The breaking down of rocks by wind and water is?

The breaking down of rocks is weathering. Their movement from one place to another place is erosion.


What is the shifting and breaking of the rocks?

do you mean Weathering, Erosion, and deposition


What is a ten letter word for breaking down rocks?

Weathering ,


What is different between physical weathering and chemical weathering?

Physical weathering is breaking down of rocks by weather that does not change their chemical components. Chemical weathering is weathering that breaks rocks down by a chemical change.