When a rock is broken into many pieces, it is called fragmentation.
The type of weathering in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces is called mechanical weathering. This process occurs without any change in the rock's chemical composition and can result from factors such as temperature changes, freeze-thaw cycles, or the action of wind and water. As rocks break down into smaller fragments, they become more susceptible to further weathering processes.
a strain
Small pieces of rock from old broken-up comets become meteoroids when they enter Earth's atmosphere. Depending on their size, they can create meteors (shooting stars) as they burn up or meteorites if they survive the journey to the surface of the Earth.
phyiscal change
Weathering brakes up rock. Erosion removes the broken up pieces.
Broken pieces of rock are called fragments or rubble.
Weathered pieces of rock are called sediment. As rocks are broken down by physical or chemical processes, they form sediment that can be transported and eventually deposited elsewhere.
Throughout the years many pieces have broken off and since been removed. The first break was when it was loaded on a carriage. I believe that is why it has always been called Plymouth Rock and not Plymouth Rocks.
sedimentary
sedimentary rocks
The type of rock that is physically broken into smaller pieces is called sedimentary rock. This process usually occurs due to erosion, weathering, and other natural forces acting on the rock over time.
i would describe it as the shape of a rock been broken down into pieces
mechanical
it is call lemstorne
metoeroids
Small pieces of rock, shell, and other material that are broken down by weathering are called sediments. These sediments can be moved by wind, water, or ice and eventually settle in new locations to form sedimentary rocks.
Broken pieces of sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic rocks can be deposited into layers and cemented together to form sedimentary rock.