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mechanical weathering breaks it down into gradual sloped hills

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What factors affect the rate of mechanical weathering?

factors that affect the rate of mechanical weathering?


How mechanical weathering can affect the rate of chemical weathering?

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How can mechanical weathering affect the rate of chemical weathering?

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How could climate affect rates of mechanical weathering What about chemical weathering How are the two kinds of weathering related?

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How does climate affect mechanical and chemical weathering?

Chemical weathering occurs more rapidly in warm, wet climates, and mechanical weathering occurs more in cold climates.


How rocks are mechanically weatherd?

When rocks are broken down without any change to their chemical compositions it is mechanical weathering. Causes of mechanical weathering are Freezing and melting of water, Abrasion, when the rock is weather by an abrasive agent such as wind and sand, and exfoliation occurs when a rock is brought to the surface.


How the rates of mechanical and chemical weathering might different in the Congolese rain forest and the Siberian steppes?

The rates of mechanical weathering does not affect anything since the chemical properties remain unchanged. Only chemical weathering affects the chemical properties of an object.


How the rates of mechanical and chemical weathering might differ in the Congolese rain forest and the Siberian steppes?

The rates of mechanical weathering does not affect anything since the chemical properties remain unchanged. Only chemical weathering affects the chemical properties of an object.


How does mechanical weathering affect the rate of chemical weathering?

Chemical weathering is when chemicals such as chemicals excreted from plants wear away at the earth's surface. Mechanical weathering is when natural forces wear away at the earth's surface such as rock.


How does the amount surface area affect the rate of weathering?

The surface area of a rock has a big affect on the rate of weathering. The higher the surface area of the rock in proportion to its overall mass will result in a quicker rate of weathering of the rock.


What are the disadvantages of weathering?

The disadvantage of weathering is the deterioration of a surface.


How does physical and chemical weathering combine to affect rocks?

they both shape the earths surface and so in that way it shapes rocks. Mechanical weathering has release of pressure freezing and thawing and so on and so on