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The water can be chemically attacking the minerals contained in the rock, or be the medium which carries abrasive rock particles which weather solid rock. The power of moving water can tumble rocks into each other, rounding them and reducing their size, in the same principle as a rock tumbler. Crashing waves can pound into rock cliffs, reducing them to rubble, where they can be further weathered by the previously mentioned water effects. Pressures caused by freezing and thawing water in rock fissures will also reduce rock size.
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What can wear away the solid rock of a cliff over time?
Erosion caused by wind, water, ice, and chemical processes can gradually wear away solid rock on a cliff over time. These natural forces break down the rock into smaller particles, eventually causing the cliff to erode and change in shape.
Where a river flows from an area of harder rock to an area of softer rock the softer rock may wear away eventually forming a drop called a?
Water fall
Term for wear away by wind or water?
Erosion is the term used to describe the process of wearing away by wind or water. It can involve the gradual removal of soil, rock, or other material from landforms.
What is the agent of rock particles that wear away rock?
The agent responsible for wearing away rock particles is typically water, wind, ice, or waves. These agents cause erosion through processes such as abrasion, where rock particles are rubbed against each other and the rock surface, slowly breaking them down over time.
Why does it take less time for small rock to wear away than it does for large rocks to wear away?
Because the large one has a more bigger surface than the small rock
What can wear away the solid rock of a over time?
ocean waves but not a small stream
In the rock cycle water and weather wear away rock by the process of?
Weathering.
What makes rock particles wear away?
Constant erosion from wind and water makes the rock wear away. It's how canyons and mountains were formed.
What can wear away the solid rock of a cliff over time?
Erosion caused by wind, water, ice, and chemical processes can gradually wear away solid rock on a cliff over time. These natural forces break down the rock into smaller particles, eventually causing the cliff to erode and change in shape.
How does water moves rocks?
The force of moving water alone can wear away particles of rock.
Can water can help wear away bits of surface rock?
yes, the force of the currents can slowely wear it down
How can a rock wear away?
A rock can wear away over time due to weathering processes such as erosion, where it is broken down by wind, water, or ice. Abrasion from friction with other rocks or sediment can also wear down a rock's surface. Chemical weathering through reactions with water or acids can further break down the minerals in a rock.
Where a river flows from an area of harder rock to an area of softer rock the softer rock may wear away eventually forming a drop?
Water fall
Where a river flows from an area of harder rock to an area of softer rock. The softer rock may wear away eventually forming a drop called an?
Water fall
Where a river flows from an area of harder rock to an area of softer rock the softer rock may wear away eventually forming a drop called?
Water fall
Where a river flows from an area of harder rock to an area of softer rock the softer rock may wear away eventually forming a drop called a?
Water fall
What causes rock particles to wear away rock?
umm sedimentary
