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What is a process that breaks down rocks above the Earth's surface?

The process that breaks down rock above the earths surface are numerous and could be generally reffered to as Exogenous Processes, they include, Weathering, Denudation and Mass-wasting.


What do you call the point below the earths surface where the rock breaks under stress and tension?

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What is the process that breaks down Rock at Earth's surface called?

Denudational processes, which includes, weathering, erosion, deformation, and exfoliation. Mass movement also plays a great role in changing the earths surface.


What process did James Hutton propose replenishes the rock on Earths surface?

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Which process are pieces of rock material being moved over earths surface by water and wind?

The process is called erosion.


Buried rock is exposed at earths surface by the combination of which two processes?

The combination of weathering and erosion exposes buried rock at the Earth's surface. Weathering breaks down the rock into smaller pieces, while erosion transports these pieces away, eventually revealing the rock at the surface.


Molton rock that flows from a volcano onto Earths surface is?

Molton rock that flows from a volcano onto Earths surface is


How are lava form?

Lava is molten rock. The rock deep inside the earths mantle is always molten, and when it occasionally breaks through to the surface, the opening is called a volcano, and the liquid rock spilling out of the top is lava.


What is molten rock on earths surface.?

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Is molten rock on earths surface?

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What is the process that breaks down rock and other substance at earth's surface?

Weathering, which is caused by water, ice, wind and sun.


Rock formed when magma cools on the earths surface?

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