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If you're talking about a natural process, I think it's decomposition. Breaking down exposed rock into smaller fragments could also be done by physical crushing.
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What term describes igneous rocks that crystallize inside the Earth?
Intrusive.
Weathering breakdown of rocks into smaller pieces sediments?
Weathering breakdown of rocks into smaller pieces sediments results in the formation sedimentary rocks.
What type of sedimentary rocks form from the breakdown of larger rocks?
Clastic
How is hydrolysis weathering different from hydration weathering?
hydrolisis is the chemical breakdown of rocks as they react with water where as hydration is the breakdown of rocks as they absorb water.
What type of sedimentary rocks form the breakdown of larger rocks?
Clastic rocks are made from fragments of pre-existing rocks.
Which term describes how a rocks surface looks and feels?
Texture
What literary term is going nuts?
The literary term that describes when a character is experiencing a mental breakdown or moment of intense emotional distress is called a "nervous breakdown" or "mental collapse."
What is the term weathering?
physical, chemical or biological breakdown of rocks and minerals into smaller sized particles.
What term describes igneous rocks that crystallize inside the Earth?
Intrusive.
Is it true that coarse grain is a term that describes a rocks grain pattern?
yes
Breakdown of rocks?
The breakdown of rocks results in the formation of soil over many thousands of years.
How do rocks breakdown?
diagenesis
What term describes an erosional surface bounded above by flat-lying sedimentary rocks and below by igneous or metamorphic rocks?
nonconformity
Weathering breakdown of rocks into smaller pieces sediments?
Weathering breakdown of rocks into smaller pieces sediments results in the formation sedimentary rocks.
What type of sedimentary rocks from from the breakdown of larger rocks?
Clastic
Does weathering breakdown rocks?
yes;)
Does erosion break down rocks into sediment?
Erosion can sure help in the breakdown of rocks, but technically, erosion is the movement of material from one place to another place. Weathering is the term used to describe the breaking down of rocks.
