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What does crystal size mean?
In igneous rocks, large crystals mean that the rock cooled more slowly. Smaller crystals mean that the rock cooled more quickly.
Does a rock weigh more in water?
yes
If a rock with less mass and volume than a body of water how is it possible that it has a greater density and can sink?
Body of water has large mass and volume. Rock has got less mass and volume. But still the rock sinks in the water. The reason is very simple. Density of the rock is more than water. Mass upon volume of the rock is more than water. So rock sinks in the water. That means rock is heavier than water, if the volume of both is same. Alternately the if you take the same mass of both, rock and water, volume of the rock is lesser than that of water.
What would happen if you put something less dense then water into water what would happen if you put something just as dense as water into water and what would happen if you put something more dense?
-- It would float in the water, with part of it above the surface. -- It would hang just below the surface, or at whatever depth you placed it. -- It would sink down through the water like a rock.
Would frequency remain the same in water?
No if you say drop a heavy rock out of water it would make a loud low bang but in water it makes a higher pitched noise.
Would a rock sink more quickly in 10 degrees Celsius water or minus 5 degrees Celsius water?
Trick question: At minus 5 degrees Celsius, water is a solid. A rock would sit on top of it.
How was the landform mushroom rock in Georgia formed?
The base area of the rock was eroded more quickly than the upper sections, by water or wind. The wind near the base is able to pick up grains of sand and rock, and chip away the rock more quickly (this is the basis of the process known as sandblasting). Toward the top, there is less erosion.
What are the events in the formation of an evaporite?
An evaporite is a sedimentary rock that is soluble in water. It occurs where there is a lake that evaporates more quickly than rain or river water enters the lake. The water evaporates and the rich mineral sediment becomes a rock or a crystal.
What is a gas filled rock that cools quickly?
Pumice would fit the description of a gas filled extrusive igneous rock that cools quickly.
How does the surface area of a rock affect the rate of its weathering?
Of two rocks with the same composition, texture and porosity, there are multiple factors affecting their rate of weathering. Generally speaking, however, smaller rocks would tend to be mechanically weathered more quickly because they are more prone to transportation by the agents of erosion. This transportation by wind, water and ice exposes the smaller rock to more abrasion and fracture which quickens its rate of weathering. Chemical weathering also occurs more quickly in the smaller rock, as the rate of chemical weathering is directly related to the relationship of surface area to a rock's volume. The higher the surface area in proportion to mass, the quicker the rate of weathering; thus the smaller rock would weather faster.
Will a rock sink in water on the moon?
Yes. The weaker gravity on the moon does not change the fact that rock is denser than water. The rock will sink more slowly than it would on Earth, but it will still sink.
What factors determine how fast a rock will deteriorate?
The type of rock and climate influence how fast it will weather. If a rock is more permeable, it is more prone to deteriorating quickly because pockets of air leave a larger surface area to be damaged. The climate can break down rocks through wind and water.
Why Is the crystal in igneous rock small if it cools quickly from magma?
The crystals within don't have as much time to grow when igneous rock is cooled more quickly as in extrusive igneous formation.
Why would lava cool more quickly then lava?
Magma is molten rock that is below ground level so it probably wouldn't be exposed to the open air.
Why would lava cool more quickly then magma?
Magma is molten rock that is below ground level so it probably wouldn't be exposed to the open air.
Is it possible for a stream to be neither eroding nor depositing material When would this occur?
Only if the rock it is over is incredibly durable. I'm not sure there exists rock that won't slowly erode when water runs over it quickly enough.
Why does permeable rock break down more quickly than not permeable rock?
PERMEABLE means:that a material is full of tiny, connected air spaces that allow water to seep through it. The spaces increase the suface area of the rock. ANSWER:because since water goes through the air pockets it erodes the rock quicker than less permeable rock because it has less air pockets.
