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Plant root growth penetrates small cracks and crevices in rock and spreads them further apart, fracturing them and making them more vulnerable to chemical weathering. Other plants can attack the surface of rock directly, extracting nutrients.

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Why are large rocks broken into smaller pieces by plants?

Plants can break down large rocks into smaller pieces through a process called physical weathering. Plant roots can grow into cracks in rocks and expand as the plant grows, exerting pressure and causing the rock to break apart. This can help to create soil for the plant to grow in.


How does solid rock break into smaller pieces?

Solid rocks break into smaller pieces because weathering could take bits and pieces of the rock. Then erosion carries the rock to some were else. Finally deposition will drop the rock in that place were the erosion brought it.


How do rocks break into smaller pieces?

You smash a rock with a bigger rock


Explain the difference between cleavage and fracture.?

Cleavage is when you can break the rock into square like pieces and Fracture is when you break a rock into uneven different shaped pieces.


Which of the weathering is least responsible for the weathering of rocks?

A.FreezingB.Plant GrowthC.RainD.LightningThe answer is B Plant Growth Because can plant growth do anything to rocks???? so its the least thing Cause freezing can break the rock ,Rain can make it into tiny pieces and lightning can break it quickly.


Explain how a plant can break a rock?

Plants break rocks through a process called bioweathering. Plant roots can release chemicals that enhance weathering, while the physical force exerted by the roots as they grow can also help break apart rocks. Over time, this can contribute to the fragmentation of rocks into smaller pieces.


Weathering and erosion break igneous and other types of rock into smaller pieces called what?

Weathering and erosion break igneous and other types of rock into smaller pieces called sediments.


What does rock particles mean?

All of these changes break rocks into smaller pieces called rock particles


What natural event could have caused something as hard as a rock to break?

Any form of mechanical weathering causes rock to break into smaller pieces. A landslide will definitely cause rock to break. Meteor impact, plant root growth, ice wedging, and the movement of animals will also cause weathering.


Can a plant break a rock a part?

Yes, by erosion or by its roots.


What do you call when a rock break up into rough pieces?

When a rock breaks up into rough pieces, it is often referred to as "fragmentation." This process can occur due to physical weathering, where environmental factors like temperature changes, water, or ice cause the rock to crack and break apart. The resulting pieces are typically irregular and jagged in shape.


When rocks are eroded they break down into smaller pieces of rock and minerals called?

Sediment.