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What kind of solid tends to break along straight lines?
Slate splits into sheets and is used on roofs.
What is a metamorphic rock in which the grains line up in parallel lines?
crystal
What does the maths words concave and convex mean?
Convex . . . "curved out", like the outside of a balloon, the outside of a smooth hubcap, and the top of a half-eaten ice-cream cone. Concave . . . "curved in", like the top of the ice-cream in the tub after the first five cones have been scooped out, the mark a rock makes in snow, and the inside of a soup bowl.
What is a rock wall made of?
ROCK
What is heavier 3 kg rock or 2800 gram rock?
3kg rock = 3000 g rock; so it is heavier because it weighs more. hoping kids use this!
The fracturing of rock along curved lines that results when pressure is removed from bedrock?
The fracturing of rock along curved lines that results when pressure is removed from bedrock is called fracking.
What is the movement of rock or sediment downhill along a curved surface?
erousion
Creep is a flow of rock or sediment along a curved surface?
creep
What rock forms along cracks or in faults?
This may be a fault breccia or cataclasite which is formed by the fracturing of rocks during fault movement.
What happens to the surface area of rock as it breaks apart?
Fracturing increases the surface area of a rock exposed to weathering.
What is fracturing in gas well?
When drilling a gas well, fracturing is the process of forcing a dense liquid into the rock to break it up (fracture it) and thus release the gas and make it more readily collected.
Why are there small earthquakes before an eruption?
The earthquakes are generated by magma forcing its way though and fracturing rock.
What is the peeling of large curved sheets from a rock?
Exfoliation
Is the peeling of large curved sheets from a rock?
Exfoliation.
What is a curved rock formation formed by erosion?
arch
If a rock is tossed on the moon what force acts on the rock during its curved path?
gravity
What is water fracturing?
that's a method used to create fractures that extend from a borehole into rock formations,which are typically maintained by a proppant.
