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When water in cracks and joints freezes and expands the rock is broken into angular fragments?
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known as frost wedging
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How do rocks get broken down into small fragments?
Water gets into cracks in the rock, the rock cracks, turns to ice and expands so the rock splits into smaller pieces.. =]
What rock can be broken into fragments that may later form sedimentary rock?
Any rock (igneous, sedimentary or metamorphic) may be broken into fragments that may later be formed into sedimentary rock.
What does breccia look like?
Breccia refers to a rock that is composed of the broken fragments of the rocks or minerals that have been cemented together. The broken fragments of the rocks or minerals are usually cemented together to form a fine grained matrix.
Are Sedimentary rocks formed from broken fragments called organic?
They would only be organic if the particles or fragments are from a once living organism - sea shells, coral, etc.
Rocks are broken down into smaller fragments by the atmosphere and other factors in the environment is called?
Erosion
How do rocks get broken down into small fragments?
Water gets into cracks in the rock, the rock cracks, turns to ice and expands so the rock splits into smaller pieces.. =]
When rocks are broken into smaller fragments?
soil
When the two main substances that make up a virus are broken into smaller fragments these fragments are what?
Amino acids and nucleotides
What is another word for shattered to pieces or reduced to fragments?
broken
What rock can be broken into fragments that may later form sedimentary rock?
Any rock (igneous, sedimentary or metamorphic) may be broken into fragments that may later be formed into sedimentary rock.
What rock can be broken into fragments that may later form sedimentary rocks?
Any rock (igneous, sedimentary or metamorphic) may be broken into fragments that may later be formed into sedimentary rock.
When the two main substances that make up a virus are broken into smaller fragments these fragments are?
The two main substances that make up a virus are nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) and protein. When these substances are broken into smaller fragments, the nucleic acid fragments are called nucleotides, and the protein fragments are called amino acids.
Where was breccia found?
Breccia is a clastic sedimentary rock composed of various sized visible pieces of other rock, cemented together by the processes of lithification. The pieces of rock that are visible are angular fragments, meaning they have somewhat jagged edges. This means that the fragments in the breccia did not travel far before they were deposited. If they had traveled longer and further they would have become rounded, in which case the resulting sedimentary rock would have been called conglomerate.
What type of sedimentary rock is made from broken rock fragments?
Detrital
What are pottery fragments?
Pottery fragments are broken pieces of pottery or ceramics that have been found at archaeological sites. These fragments can provide valuable information about the culture, technology, and trade of the people who created them. Archaeologists use pottery fragments to date sites and reconstruct ancient pottery-making techniques.
What do you call the broken remains of something?
Pieces, possibly shards, possibly fragments.
Can you give me a sentence with the word disinterest?
to disintegrate something is to break or be broken into fragments.
