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When moss and Lichens grow on rocks, the surface of the rock becomes more humid. This creates an environment that is prone to both chemical and physical weathering. With the added humidity, the rock becomes feeble, thus allowing the rock to ware away due to the growth of the organism.
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What plants help in weathering of rocks?
one of it is the lichen plant
What is an organism made up algae and fungi living together called?
Fungi and algae live together as lichens. This is a symbiotic partnership where the fungi supply water and mineral nutrients and the algae sugar, oxygen and fixed nitrogen. Lichens are critical to early soil development. They are often found on rocks and trees and lichens may grow in combination with mosses which are also found in these locations. as moss found on rocks and trees
How can lichen weather rock?
Lichen break down rock as they grow, they trap moisture and organic compounds underneath, and seeps into the cracks into the rocks. On cold days, the water expands; eg. ice and fragments the rock. I'm not too sure but maybe also the lichen's waste but that's a guess..
Which organism would probably first to grow on a new volcanic island?
Lichen will probably be the first life you see.
What lichens and how do they break down rocks?
Lichen are a composite of two organisms (fungus and algae) living symbiotically and they have a small amount of acid. ;p and it breaks down rocks by growing on rocks!
A plant that is a cross between a fungi and an algae?
Lichen is formed by a partnership between fungi and algae. Lichen is a specific type of moss that grows on rocks.
How does soil form from weathered rock?
when moss or lichen form on rocks these organisms break down rocks to the point it becomes soil
What are the factors that act together on rocks to form soil?
Moss and lichen.................................
How do moss and lichen help other plants?
Moss and lichen prepare area for other organisms.
What is a synonym for lichen?
Moss, tree moss, rock moss.
How is lichen important to succession?
Lichen is the base in the chain of succession. It starts at lichen, the moves on to moss, then to small plants, and so on.
What does a lemming eat?
plants, grasses, moss, and lichen
What kind of weathering is caused by lichen?
Lichen eat away at rocks.
What is the common name of shaggy lichen which grows on trees?
Moss
What is the Latin name of Iceland moss?
Cetraria islandica and is a lichen.
What plants are the examples of the non vascular plants?
Moss. lichen
What kind of a tree is a lichen?
it ios not a tree it is sort of like a moss
