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What is gravel made up of?
Gravel is made by crushing rock and sorting the result into different sizes, generally by screening. Your pea gravel is one of the screening products. There are several rock-crushing systems, and these give a different range of sizes in the product. There are hammer mills, rod mills, 'rod and cone' mills, and so on. A gravel producer would choose his process according to need. In many parts of the country, merely sorting the river gravels will be a suitable process - provided the source rocks are themselves suitable.
What happens when water runs through or over rocks and carries small amounts of minerals away?
It's called erosion. Water carries Minerals away and it erodes the rock over millions of years. The Grand Canyon Was eroded by glaciers. The four agents of erosion are: Water,glaciers,wind,and...I forgot. Hope that helps!
Describe a method that the student could use to find the volume of this rock?
You can find the volume of a small rock in no time at all. Just fill up a container that is marked by volume with water and record the volume. Then drop the small rock inside the container. Record the new volume. Find the difference between the new and old volumes. This is the volume of the small rock. You could do this in any liquid.
What is the basic unit for measuring the mass of a rock?
Use grams as the base unit and depending on the size of the rock, grams or deckagrams for a pebble, a small rock hectograms for a rock, and kilograms for a little bigger rock (but still small). The point is to use grams as your base unit.
What substance are used to make concrete?
cement, sand, water, aggregate(small stones) or sometimes crushed rock etc..
How do the rock fragments formed by weathering become rounded grains?
Sedimentary rocks are formed from the rock fragments that are made when a rock is eroed. Theese rock fragments are transported (carried away) from the rock face, usually by streams or rivers. As they are transported by the water, the rock fragments knock against each other and wear away. When they become very small they are called grains
When does erosion occur?
Erosion occurs when a rock is carried away from where it was weathered. It makes the rock fragments rounded and small.
What is the name of wearing away of rock and washing away of fragments?
erosion
What effect does increased time of abrasion have on the size of rock fragments?
Increased time of abrasion affects rock fragments by taking the fragments away over time. The rock will eventually decrease in size.
When running water or wind carry away rock fragments?
The rock cycle.
What type of rock is formed when small rock fragments are cemented together?
Clastic sedimentary rock.
Does erosion break down rock into fragments where as weathering transports those fragments?
No:Weathering is the wearing away/breaking down of rock into fragments IN SITUErosion is the wearing AND TAKING AWAY of materialAlso note that the transportation of fragments is just transportation, so don't bother searching for a fancy term for it.
Whats one thing that can carry rock fragments away?
water
What is the exterior force that carries away sediments and rock fragments?
erosion
Are rock fragments carried away by moving water?
no it's not carried away by moving water
How does water flow affact erosion?
It washes away dirt and rock, causing erosion.
What is the Movement of fragments of rock?
The movement of rock fragments is called erosion.
