Question

If a rock is broken into smaller pieces by natural causes, geologists refer to this process as _________.

Answer 1

the answer would have to be erosion

Answer 2

Physical or mechanical weathering.

Step-by-step explanation:

• As the erosion of the rocks can take in many ways either by the wind or water or the temperatures and the breaking of the rocks in smaller pieces like that of the erosion by winds including the abrasion and the frost action, also pressure released by the organic activities.