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Why are some intrusive rocks be left behind when rocks are worn away?
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Intrusive rocks come into other rocks in a molten state and when they cool they are frequently very hard with interlocking cemented crystal structures. When erosion occurs it is easier for wind, ice and rain to wear down the rocks into which the igneous rocks were intruded than the hard igneous rocks themselves. This leaves the igneous rocks sticking up (like King Arther's Seat in Edinburgh or the Tours of Dartmoore) as prominent features.
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Why can intrusive igneous rocks be left behind when surrounding rocks are worn away?
because it is made by heat and intence crushing and dimonds and marble are both made this way.
When glaciers melt do they leave rocks behind?
Yes, When the glacier melts, all the rocks underneath are still there.....AnswerYes rocks melt out of Glaciers. The main types I can remember:Glacial till ( rocks left as an even bed )Erratics are large rocks (Boulder's) left scattered aboutLateral moraine's. These are drifts of rocks left where a stream has melted and cut a route through the glacier or the edges of where the glacier got to or whereTerminal Moraine is where a Glacier got to and stopped advancing or retreating for a time thus plowing up a big long narrow pile of rock.
When a glacier leaves behind a rock that is of completely different material composition than the formation it is deposited upon it is called?
The rock is called a glacial erratic when it is left behind by a glacier, and is of a completely different material composition than the rocks on which it was deposited.
What tornadoes leave behind?
The pieces picked up, thrown down and left behind from a tornado is called debris
Are sedimentary rocks easily eroded?
YES! Sedimentary rocks, like sandstone, limestone and chalk can easily be eroded. This is because the grains in them (different to particles) are further apart to the grains in rocks like igneous rocks. This means that the grains can easily be crumbled off, and you get left with sand.
Why can intrusive igneous rocks be left behind when surrounding rocks are worn away?
because it is made by heat and intence crushing and dimonds and marble are both made this way.
Why can intrusive igneous igneous rocks be left behind when surrounding rocks are worn away?
because it is made by heat and intence crushing and dimonds and marble are both made this way.
What occurs in wind erosion A. Wet soil is transported away. B. Dry soil is transported away C. Small rocks are left behind. D. Large rocks are left behind.?
Large rocks are left behind and dry soil is transported away. B- Dry soil is transported away in a process called deflation
What is the soil and rocks left behind the glacier?
Moraine.
What are the soil and rocks left behind by a glacier called?
Glacial drift.
What is small rocks in space left behind from comet tail?
Two things: 1. Comet tails do not follow along behind the comet. Comet tails always point away from the Sun. 2. Comets are not rocky, they are icy.
What type of sedimentary rock is salt rock?
its a evaporite left behind from left over minerals from other rocks
When Mary Owens' husband Ralph passed away about three months ago he left behind?
He left behind about $900,000.
Rocks formed by evaporation of water are called?
They can be called chemical sedimentary rocks, or evaporites; such as rock salt.
What is meant by Residual Hills?
When the process of erosion takes place gigantic wave of water flows on the mountains and other highland areas this causes boulders, sediments and other solid materials are washed away and when these rocks re-situated in a large size on other parts of land then called residual hills. We can also say that they hard rocks left behind after erosion are then called residual hills.
What is the evidence left behind after water washes soil away?
buals
Sedimentary rocks form when dissolved minerals are left behind from an evaporated solution.?
lol im bored are you?
