Question

25. The picture below shows a model of the rock cycle. During which part of the

rock cycle does water break rocks apart?
sedimentary
heating and pressing
metamorphic
cementing
melting
sediments
weathering and erosion
igneous
a. part 1
b. part 2
C. part 3
d. part 4

Answer 1

C. part 3

Step-by-step explanation:

During part 3 of the cycle, water breaks the rocks apart to form sediments.

Part 3 is the erosion and weathering phase.

• Weathering is the physical disintegration and chemical decomposition of rocks to form soils.
• Water is the main agent of denudation that causes the erosion and weathering of rocks.
• Erosion carries the weathered materials from their site of disintegration.
• These sediments are then transported and deposited to form sedimentary rocks.