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What is the Fancy scientific names for particles of rock being carried along in water?
I would consider tiny pieces of rock carried by water to be sediment. Sediment is generally clay or sand particles, but any type of rock ground into fine particles can be carried by water. This may include igneous-type rocks (those that come from around volcanoes and the bottom of the ocean).
What happens when water that settles into cracks of rocks freezes?
Water expands when it freezes, therefore it tends to cause the rocks to crack (or perhaps I should say, it causes existing cracks to get larger, leading to the disintegration of the rock).
What happens when water freezes in the cracks in rocks. plant grow into the cracks in rocks?
The ice expands in the crack and may split the rock, as will eventually the roots of a plant.
How are till and outwash different?
Basically till is unsorted and outwash is sorted. Outwash is sorted by the melt water streams, which have the ability to smooth rocks and pebbles. The till is carried by the glacier which means that all sorts of rocks and boulders can be carried with the ice, creating sharp surfaces on the rocks.
What process happens when minerals are precipitated out of water and holds particles of rocks together?
That process is called cementation.
How do sedimentary rocksget smmoth under water?
Water will smooth out all types of rocks because over time, the movement of other small particles carried along by the water strikes larger rocks in the water, wearing down their sharper edges and points.
What happens to rocks when they are carried by a stream?
They become smooth and oval shaped, because the rushing water erodes the rock fragment/s.
What happens to rocks that are in moving water?
They are eroded by the water.
What process occurs when bits of rocks are carried away by flowing water?
weathering
Do sedimentary rocks form in many years?
Yes they are. There also carried away with water and wind. There small piecese of other rocks.
How are seimentary rocks made?
Sedimentary rocks are created by the consolidation and cementing together of the rock particles that result from erosion and are carried by wind or water.
What is the settling out of sediments carried by water wind or ice to form sedimentary rocks?
It is called deposition.
What occurs during erosion?
rocks and minerals are carried around by either wind, water, or ice
What happens to a rock fragments and materials carried by water?
pop jark
Water freezes in the cracks of rocks and plants grow into the cracks of rocks what happens?
cracks open wider
Describe the process of deposition?
Deposition is the process where sediment, soil, or other materials are deposited or laid down in a new location by wind, water, or ice. It occurs when the energy transporting the material decreases, causing it to settle out and accumulate. Deposition is an important part of the geological cycle and can lead to the formation of sedimentary rocks over time.
Mix larger rocks into the potting soil will this absords more water?
No, it will increase drainage.
