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The amount of uniformity in the size of rock or sediment particles is called?
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What are particles of weathered rock called?
The smaller chunks are pebbles and dust. When they are carried by water, they are called sediment.
When particles of fine windblown sediment settle out of the air and become packed the resulting deposit is called what?
loess.
What is the process of rock particles settling on the riverbed called?
The process is called deposition.
The material moved by erosion is called what?
The material that is moved by erosion is called Sediment.
What is breaking rock into sediment called?
The breaking down of rocks into sediments is called weathering. This is one of the critical stages of soil formation as it breaks a rock into small particles.
Particles of weathered rocks are also called?
sediment
Particles that settle from water are called what?
Depends on the context. If this is a chemistry experiment it would be called a precipitate. If this is water in say a water course it would be called sediment.
The amount of sediment in a river is called?
it's called the river's load.
What are particles of weathered rock called?
The smaller chunks are pebbles and dust. When they are carried by water, they are called sediment.
Is sediment of different sized particles left by ice from glaciers called outwash?
Yes, it is called outwash.
What is the prossess in which dessolved materials cristalize and glue particles of sediment together is called?
Cementation.
What are the small bits of weathered rock that settle to the bottom of bodies of water?
These particles are called sediment.
When particles of fine windblown sediment settle out of the air and become packed the resulting deposit is called what?
loess.
What are the particles in sedimentary rocks called?
Sedimentary rocks are made from particles called sediment. They are made from layers of sediment (small particles) on the bottom of rivers or seas. The sediments are compressed as more layers build on top of them. The particles then become cemented together to form solid rocks. The layers of rock are called strata. Sedimentary rocks have a grainy structure and they easily crumble.
What is the process of rock particles settling on the riverbed called?
The process is called deposition.
How would size of the sediment in the streams load differ in the streams volume increasing or decreasing?
The size of the sediment would decrease further downstream (where there is a greater volume of water) as there is more energy in the flow. Therefore more erosion will occur and the sediment will rub together with other materials i.e other rocks or the river bed (this is called attrition). The sediment will therefore reduce in size but there will be a greater amount of it. (The amount of sediment is called the discharge.)
How can you measure the amount of sediment that a stream or river carries?
Get a giant net
