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The agents of erosion are wind, water, ice and gravity. Erosion is responsible for moving material from one place to another place. Weathering is the breaking or dissolution of rock into smaller particles, and can occur because of frost wedging, acidic rainfall, wind particle abrasion, animal and plant activity, and a number of other causes. Smaller rock particles are more easily eroded.
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∙ 12y agoThe agents of erosion are wind, water, ice and gravity. Erosion is responsible for moving material from one place to another place. Weathering is the breaking or dissolution of rock into smaller particles, and can occur because of frost wedging, acidic rainfall, wind particle abrasion, animal and plant activity, and a number of other causes. Smaller rock particles are more easily eroded.
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∙ 15y agoRivers are good at tumbling rocks into each other, fracturing and abrading them into smaller particles. Even the force of the falling water, along with continuous abrasion, can undercut a falls type structure, lowering the river bed as it slowly moves upstream.
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∙ 13y agorock fragments get worned by knocking into each other
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∙ 11y agoabrasion
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What is the major reason a canyon could be formed?
Canyons are formed by erosion. Rivers that were previously located there slowly wear down rock and form large canyons in the rock.
Does mechanical weathering change a rock size?
Yes, over time. The rock will wear away, and with enough time, mechanical weathering will wear the rock down to sand.
How erosion can wear away cliffs?
the water hits the rock and wears it down
How do constructive and destructive forces contribute to the rock cycle?
constructive and destructive forces build up and wear down the crust.
What effect does the hardness of a rock have on the rate at which a rock abrades?
The harder a substance is, the longer it takes for it to erode.
What is the major reason a canyon could be formed?
Canyons are formed by erosion. Rivers that were previously located there slowly wear down rock and form large canyons in the rock.
How do rocks get worn down in rivers?
The wave crashes on the rock a lot causing it to wear down. If you were scribbling on a piece of paper in the same spot with a pen, eventually, there will be a hole because you wore down the paper.
Why don't our bones wear down?
They do wear down, your bones are not rock or metal.
How can rivers wear down and build up the land?
Rivers wear down and build up land because of the movement of the water. Water is a powerful thing. Water moves the dirt a little at a time.
What is the carrying away of the naturally broken down materials called?
When wind or water wear away a rock, the process is called "erosion".
Does mechanical weathering change a rock size?
Yes, over time. The rock will wear away, and with enough time, mechanical weathering will wear the rock down to sand.
How do you wear your hair down if you've always worn it up?
you put it down and rock it! :)
Can water can help wear away bits of surface rock?
yes, the force of the currents can slowely wear it down
How erosion can wear away cliffs?
the water hits the rock and wears it down
How is soil formed from rocks?
Weathering and erosion wear down rock into soil.
What breaks down earths surface?
Primarily the erosive power of wind and water. Rivers and rain will wear away even the hardest stone.
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
