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Plants are known to intrude their roots into cracks and crevices. The growing root is able to separate layers of stone as it grows.
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Which force does not break down rocks in nature?
sunlight does not break down rocks
What are two processes that can break down rocks?
Mechanical wethering and Chemical wethering are the two major process that break down the rocks.
When rocks break down or decompose what do they form?
Soil.
When rocks eroded they break down into smaller pieces of rocks and minerals called?
Sedimentation
When rocks break down or decompose they form?
sand or dirt
Which force does not break down rocks in nature?
sunlight does not break down rocks
What are lichens and how do they break down rocks?
Lichen are a composite of two organisms (fungus and algae) living symbiotically and they have a small amount of acid. ;p and it breaks down rocks by growing on rocks!
What are lichens how do they break down rocks?
Lichen are a composite of two organisms (fungus and algae) living symbiotically and they have a small amount of acid. ;p and it breaks down rocks by growing on rocks!
What lichens and how do they break down rocks?
Lichen are a composite of two organisms (fungus and algae) living symbiotically and they have a small amount of acid. ;p and it breaks down rocks by growing on rocks!
What name is this process when rocks break down?
the process is called weathering when the rocks break down
How do changes in temperature cause rocks to break down?
It breaks down the rocks
Rocks break down to?
soil
What are two processes that can break down rocks?
Mechanical wethering and Chemical wethering are the two major process that break down the rocks.
A living thing that feeds on and break down dead things?
Decomposers feed on dead and decayingt matter, breaking it down.
What is a description of erosion that someone could see during a hike?
Erosion is the process when rocks and minerals r moved from one place to another. There are three types of erosion: chemical-where the rocks break down from chemical realtions biological-where the rocks are broken down by living organisms physical-where rocks brocken down physically by a living organisms and chemical reactions You will see this in canyons, hoodoos ,and all soil and rocks
What are the processes that break down rocks?
Weathering
What plants break down rocks?
none
