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Is water a cause of physical weathering or chemical weathering?
It is a cause of both.
Explain whether water is a cause of either chemical weathering physical weathering or both?
Water can cause both chemical and physical weathering. In chemical weathering, water can react with minerals in rocks to break them down into new substances. In physical weathering, water can seep into cracks in rocks, freeze, and expand, creating pressure that breaks the rock apart.
Which can cause physical weathering?
the water erosian and tsumamies and floods
What are factors that cause physical weathering?
factors that cause weathering are erosion and water
What are some differences of physical weathering and chemical weathering?
Physical weathering is due to: rocks hitting other rocks causing them to break up from the action of frost and ice the action of wind or waves or running water the action of plants. Chemical weathering changes the composition of the rock and is due to: water dissolving minerals in the rock oxidation of metals in the rock
How can a river both cause a chemical and physical weathering?
Water is a major component in weathering process. Its essential for all forms of disintegration either Mechanical/Physical, Biological or Chemical. Water aids in physical weathering through alternating wetting and drying of rocks thereby leading to breaking down of the rock. It helps in chemical weathering through dissolution of chemicals in rocks such as limestone. Water is a cause of both chemical and physical weathering.
What is an agent of weathering?
There are two classifications of the weathering process - physical and chemical weathering.Mechanical or physical weathering involves the breakdown of rocks and soils through direct contact with atmospheric conditions, such as heat, water, ice and pressure.Includes: frost weathering, water weathering and heat stress weatheringChemical weathering, involves the direct effect of atmospheric chemicals or biologically produced chemicals (also called biological weathering) in the breakdown of rocks, soils and minerals. Includes: dissolving by rain water, oxidation of metals and actions by plants.
What is the most active agent of physical weathering?
The most active agent of physical weathering is water. Water can seep into cracks in rocks, freeze, expand, and cause the rock to break apart. This process is known as frost wedging and is a common form of physical weathering.
How does a gopher cause weathering?
Gophers cause physical weathering. They dig burrows in the ground, allowing more rock to be exposed.
How do chemicals cause weathering of the Earth's surface?
Chemicals can cause weathering of the Earth's surface through processes like oxidation, dissolution, and hydrolysis. These reactions can break down rocks and minerals, leading to their disintegration and eventual decay. The presence of water and oxygen can accelerate chemical weathering processes.
How can turtles cause physical weathering?
They loosen the soil and this allows more water to get into the rocks underground
How does weathering release phosphate from a rock?
Chemical weathering and physical weathering are two types of weathering involved in the phosphorus cycle. In chemical weathering, a chemical reaction causes phosphate rocks to break down and release phosphate into soil. Acid precipitation and the chemicals released by lichen can cause the chemical weathering. In physical weathering, processes like wind, rain, and freezing releases particles of rock and phosphate into the soil.
