I mean do they get bigget throughout the years or decades?
2006-08-19 07:09:55 · 13 answers · asked by passenger 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
No. Stones are not living things and therefore they do not grow. Although, throughout the "years and decades" they are bound to go through (I don't know what the scientific word for this would be) when a rock glues itself to sand or other tiny rocks through mud or something else that will make two rocks stick together....therefore, making the rock bigger.
2006-08-19 07:16:21 · answer #1 · answered by Isabella 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Once the processes that created the rock stops, the rock won't get any larger over time unless the processes start again.
All of the processes are geologic in nature and takes thousands of years.
Igneous rock is created when magma from deep within the Earth slowly rises to the surface and then cools.
Sedimentary rock is created when mineral deposits accumulate (typically in rivers and lakes) and eventually layers beneath begin to experience great pressure and heat which fuses the sediment together into a single mass.
Metamorphic rock occurs deeper where massive pressure and heat is generated forcing rock to molecularly change into new combinations.
2006-08-19 14:21:18 · answer #2 · answered by slynx000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don`t think so because some get eroded as time goes on.
2006-08-19 14:14:59 · answer #3 · answered by Fantasia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No they don't, they only get smaller because of water making it salt.
2006-08-19 14:20:13 · answer #4 · answered by Harshil 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe through decades
2006-08-19 14:15:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They only get smaller as far as I am aware.
2006-08-19 14:20:00 · answer #6 · answered by Jen B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kidney stones do!
2006-08-19 14:13:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Um... No, they get smaller... wind erodes them away
2006-08-19 14:14:42 · answer #8 · answered by captaincoolbeard 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, they dont get bigger but they get smaller because of rain and wind..
2006-08-19 14:15:00 · answer #9 · answered by shoosh_b 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sedimentary rocks do.
2006-08-19 14:20:34 · answer #10 · answered by ag_iitkgp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋