What cause the wearing away of rocks?

Answer 1

The factors that cause rocks to wear away are chemical weathering, biological weathering and physical weathering. Physical weathering consists of changes in rain, waves, weather and temperature. Biological weathering involves plants growing in between rocks changing its size and shape. An example of chemical weathering is acid rain decomposing the form of a rock.

Answer 2

Water, Ice, Air, and Rocks. Water washes away all the loose rocks and other materials, Ice freezes in cracks that water seeped into and breaks off rocks (because ice expands when it freezes) and glaciers scrape the land, Air blows away any loose materials and carrys sand which scraches the ground, and Rocks break off other rocks as they fall, and scrape land when being pulled by a glacier.

Answer 3

The wearing away of rocks is mainly caused by erosion, which is the process of wearing down and carrying away rocks and soil by natural forces like water, wind, and ice. Factors like weather, temperature changes, and human activities can also contribute to the wearing away of rocks.

Answer 4

Chemical and mechanical weathering, and erosion.

Answer 5

Rocks wear away through weathering processes. Chemical weathering is the decomposition or dissolution of a rock. Physical weathering is cracking, scratching, crushing, abrasion, etc.

Answer 6

The surface of the Earth wears down through physical and chemical weathering, from erosion, from gravity, and from the effects of plate tectonics.

Answer 7

erosion...sometimes it can be from water rushing past over time, other times it can be from compression or.

Answer 8

Water & Air