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What is the process that breaks rocks into sediments?
Weathering, friction from soil motion, decay from time, water infiltration, insects and animals.
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What causes a rock to break down into sediments?
When it is in water or just still when the water moves or when the wind blows sand or dirt will rub on it and start to break it down into little pieces. Weathering from mechanical and chemical means...
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How do you break a rock with a rock?
Very carefully, wearing gloves and eye protection. Ideally use a heavier and harder rock to break a smaller rock. This is rather inefficient and haphazard, but will occasionally suffice if proper...
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How can you break rocks?
Water and freezing/cold weather can make rocks break. The water makes the rocks break when it goes into the rock cracks. When the weather gets cold/freezing the water expands and the rock breaks. Or...
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Are rocks sediments?
Technically rocks are not sediments, rather sediments are derived from weathered rock material. These sediments may conslidate and form rocks such as sandstones and mudstones, which include shales...