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Depends on what forces the rock is subjected to- wind, rain, river currents, pebbles tumbling over it, etc. It may take thousands of years- or 15 seconds in a crushing mill.
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How can waves turn rock to sand?
Over time the rock weathers.
How does rock turn into soil?
When small pieces of rock break off larger pieces, they form the basis of all soil. The rock turns in to gravel, which turns into sand. Plants, animals, and minerals break down to form clay. Silt is a dust particle which is made up of minerals and tiny bits of rock. It is smaller than sand and bigger than clay.When the right amount of gravel, sand, clay, and silt mix, it turns into soil.
What process is sand turned into sandstone?
Sandstone cannot freeze as it is already a solid. Sometimes rainwater gets into the pores of a rock like sandstone. When the water freezes it expands and pushes on the rock. Then the water melts, and the whole cycle can be repeated over and over, eventually causing the rock to crumble. This is called freeze-thaw weathering.
How does basalt turn to sandstone?
Basalt is eroded to sand by wind and rain. The sand accumulates in ocean sediment and experiences great pressures over time. After a sufficiently long time, and uplift reveals what had been sand and has become sandstone.
Why does the igneous rock turn into a sedimentary rock?
becuase the igneous rock cools dowwn and turn into sedimentary rock
How does waves turn rock into to sand?
they don't turn rocks into sand
Would it take more wave energy to deposit the sand or the rocks on the beach?
Sand. It takes thousands of years for a rock to turn into sand.
How can waves turn rock to sand?
Over time the rock weathers.
How does a speck of sand turn into a sedimentary rock?
The grain of sand becomes a sedimentary rock when it gets erosion and is deposited on the bottom of a body of water. Then the eroded sand builds up and becomes a sedimentary rock if there is enough eroded sand.
How long does it take a bone to turn hard as rock?
Millions and millions of years.
How does igneous rock turn into sand?
Through the processes of weathering and erosion.
What does sand turn into when under high pressure and high temperature?
it will turn into the metamorphic rock, Quartzite
How a rock changes to sand?
Grains of sand are really very tiny particles of rock. It takes time and certain kinds of weather to turn rock into sand. Rain, frost, and wind can do the job. At beaches, the tide hitting against the rocks forms sand. Salt water, too, forms sand by dissolving minerals in the rocks.
Can dirt and sand turn into rock?
If put under tremendous pressure for millions of years - which is what happened to slate and sandstone.
How waves can turn rock into sand?
by smashing the rock into other big rocks or by making it travel all over the place little by little breacks down
How do you fix a phone that has sand?
In order to remove sand from your phone first turn the phone off. Then take a can of compressed air and use it to remove the sand from the phone.
How does a rock turn into a sediment?
All rocks are subject to erosion and dissolution. The result is particles that are small enough to be called, dust, sand or sediment. If these particles are squeezed over long periods of time, they may 'cement' together to form a 'sedimentary' rock that has its own structure and properties. Sandstone is a common type - stone made of cemented sand.
