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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
What type of rock when rocks are broken down into smaller fragments?
Rocks are broken down by physical or chemical weathering.
What can all rocks be broken into?
Small Rocks, and smaller rocks, and even smaller rocks.
What are sedimentary rocks such as sandstone that are formed from broken fragments from other rocks?
Clastic or detrital rocks, depending on size.
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.. =]
What does breccia look like?
Breccia refers to a rock that is composed of the broken fragments of the rocks or minerals that have been cemented together. The broken fragments of the rocks or minerals are usually cemented together to form a fine grained matrix.
When the two main substances that make up a virus are broken into smaller fragments these fragments are what?
Amino acids and nucleotides
What do you call bits of broken off rocks?
Smaller rocks.
What does pysics mean?
physical weathering is the disintegration of rocks into smaller fragments or pieces.
Are big rocks broken into smaller rocks?
Yes big rocks are broken by man for their needs, like for roads and houses.
What causes most erosion?
Erosion-waering away of soil and rocks in landforms mostly by water.Exmples: rivers,strems,ice. This can make mountains smaller as the broken fragments moved away.
