Question

what caused the rock to break in small pieces

Answer 1

Explanation:

is dissolved, worn away or broken down into smaller and smaller pieces. Erosion happens when rocks and sediments are picked up and moved to another place by ice, water, wind or gravity. ... Mechanical weathering physically breaks up rock.

Answer 2

Large rocks braek into small peices due to fast flowing wind or water. The process is called weathering.

• Weathering is caused by natural factors like wind, water, sunlight.
• Large rocks collide with one another and braek into small peices.
• Small peices further undergo abrasion and form fine dust or sediment. This process takes millions of years and soil is formed as a result of it.
• Wind and water has high speed that can even break large rocks.
• These are all geological processes.

Process of weathering

• When fast flowing wind or water strike the rock surface it causes crevices, that deepen over continued time and cracks develop.
• Further cracks can lead to breakage.
• Breakage along with fine sediment formation is common.

Weathering causes rocks to break to small peices with agents as wind and water.