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What is the type of weathering that involes a chemical change in some of the minerals in a rock?
Chemical weathering
What type of weathering occurs when reactions dissolve the minerals in rock?
We apply the term chemical weathering to the (chemical) reactions that occur and dissolve minerals in rock.
What is the importance of water to chemical weathering?
in chemical the minerals present in the rock dissolve in water causing chemical weathering
Is quartz affected by chemical weathering?
Quartz goes through virtually no chemical weathering, as its form SiO2 is extremely stable. It's nearly unreactive.
What is it called when chemical reactions dissolve the minerals in rock or change them into different minerals?
It's called dissolution, a form of chemical weathering.
Are chemical sedimentary rocks made of the same minerals?
No. Chemical weathering results in a change of the chemistry of the rock and the minerals therein.
Chemical weathering occurs when minerals in rocks are changed chemically. Which of these will most likely change the rate of chemical weathering on a rock?
rainfall and temperature
Why is acid rain harmful to rocks?
it causes chemical weathering that breaks down the minerals of the rock
When minerals in the rock react with carbonic acid what chemical weathering process occurs?
Dissolution occurs.
How weathering processes affected the development of an area?
The weathering process is affected by climatic conditions. Moist and warm climates favor chemical weathering, while moist, cold climates favor physical weathering. In dry climates, weathering is slow. Would you expect to find any chemical weathering on a rock from the moon? The rate of the weathering process is affected by particle size.
How can chemical weathering change rock?
It changes by things happening and the rock is affected by it. Sometimes even natural disasters.
What chemical weathering process occurs when minerals in the rock react to carbon dioxide?
Carbon dioxide plus water can dissolve minerals.
