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is because they react to the iron and form rust

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Q: How do air and water cause chemical weathering?
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Do water and air cause chemical weathering?

is because they react to the iron and form rust


What are the three agents of chemical weathering?

water,acids and air are all agents of chemical weathering


What are three agents of chemical weathering?

Water, Acids , and Air are all agents of chemical weathering


What is a cause of chemical weathering?

acids, air, water, oxidation, ground water, acid rain, and acid that comes from living things


How does air in living things cause chemical weathering?

It doesn't. If it is IN a living thing it is not available to cause weathering elsewhere!


How does air cause chemical weathering?

It breaks rock apart.


How do water and air help cause chemical weathering?

When minerals come into contact with air and water, some dissolve and others react and change into different minerals.


What are three causes of chemical weathering?

Chemical weathering is the dissolution, carbonation, oxidation, or hydrolysis of rock and mineral by chemical means only, mostly from reactions with water or the acids contained in rainwater.Other materials are formed in the process. Warm, tropical climates are ideal environments for chemical weathering to take place as the chemical reactions are quickened by the bountiful rain and warm temperatures. Water, oxygen, carbon dioxide, living organisms, and acid precipitation.


What can cause chemical weathering of rocks?

water, air, chemicals, ect Acid rain contains sulfuric acid that can chemically weather rocks.


What do minerals in rocks combine with in the air that makes chemical weathering take place?

Water


Does lichen cause chemical weathering?

No, Lichen is caused by clean air meaning where ever there is Lichen in that area the air is clean and not polluted.


What agents are weathering the Vatican?

The worst is air pollution and acid rain caused by air pollution. Water (rain) and wind also cause some weathering.