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What causes all types of rocks to be exposed to weathering and erosion?
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Uplift caused by tectonic movement
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What is the natural wearing down or breaking apart of rocks?
physical
Both erosion and weathering can be observed by?
watching for movement in rocks.
Why is limestone least resistant to weathering and erosion?
It is susceptible to chemical weathering more than other rocks from exposure to naturally acidic rainfall and groundwater.
How is Earth's surface worn down?
weathering and erosionWeathering is the process by which rocks are broken apart into sediments. Weathering can be either physical or chemical. Erosion is the process by which those sediments are moved to different areas. Erosion can be powered by wind, water, or ice in the form of glaciers.
How do plants reduce wind erosion?
Plants hold soil together, but also by their very presence they act as a windbreak which reduces the force of the wind, which would protect some exposed rocks.
What causes the breakdown of rocks?
WEATHERING and EROSION
Any rock exposed at Earths surface will undergo?
The rock or rocks will undergo weathering and erosion.
What evidence is there that rocks dissolve?
weathering is the best evidence.all rocks break down when exposed to weathering processes such as erosion
Are sedimentary rocks affected by weathering and erosion?
All rocks are, once on the surface exposed to "the elements".
What is a way plant growth causes mechanical weathering?
the plant roots move the dirt around revealing new rocks underneath the soil, which then are exposed to erosion.
What causes change in color in a sedimentary rock?
weathering erosion transportation deposition compaction/cementation and lithification changes sediments to sedimentary rocks. High pressure and temperatures changes them to metamophic rocks
Is there any difference between erosion and weathering of rocks?
erosion reqiures movement and weathering doesnt
How Is soil related to the weathering and erosion of rocks?
rocks get brocken down into soil from erosion
What is it called when rocks are broken down by water wind ice and heat?
it is called an erosion
What causes mechanical weathering by blowing sand and exposed rock?
Acid rain that comes from pollution can damage exposed rocks over time.
What turns rocks into soil?
erosion
When uplifted rocks reach the earths weathering erosion and deposition begin?
when uplifted rocks reach the Earth's Surface, weathering, erosion, and deposition begin
