Erosion, weathering, mechanical changes, chemical changes.
Really, any interaction can change the composition of a rock whether it be done by man or through nature.
Answer:

Explanation:
Diffraction is observed when a wave is distorted by an obstacle whose dimensions are comparable to the wavelength. The simplest case corresponds to the Fraunhofer diffraction, in which the obstacle is a long, narrow slit, so we can ignore the effects of extremes.
This is a simple case, in which we can use the Fraunhofer single slit diffraction equation:

Where:

Solving for λ:

Replacing the data provided by the problem:

since both components, length and time, are measurable
<span>since Rate = length ÷ time </span>
<span>∴ rate is also measurable and ∴ quantitative.
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