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How does large variations between day and night temperatures cause weathering?
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∙ 9y ago
During the warm day, things expand from the increased heat. During the cold night, things contract as heat is lost. This process of expansion and contraction creates cracks and other stress points that cause weathering.Hence the temperatures cause weathering.
Note: There are few substances that this expansion and contraction can be seen with the naked eye, but even the minute changes cause weathering, and when substances like water get into the microscopic cracks then freeze, it magnifies the effects as water expands when it freezes while other substances contract when they cool down.
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The actions of animals most commonly can cause the type of weathering know as?
Mechanical weathering
Where do the chemicals that cause the weathering come from?
the atmostphere
Plants can only cause mechanical weathering?
Thats Very False!! NOT TRUE!
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.
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.
Extreme temperatures freezing water and vegetation can cause whaT?
weathering
Extreme temperatures freezing water and vegetation can all cause what?
weathering
Extreme temperatures freezing water and vegetation can all cause?
weathering
Do acids cause mechanical weathering?
No, acids cause chemical weathering.
Is water a cause of physical weathering or chemical weathering?
It is a cause of both.
What are factors that cause physical weathering?
factors that cause weathering are erosion and water
What is the largest cause in weathering and erosion?
Moving water is the biggest cause of weathering and erosion.
Can weathering cause the building process of mountains?
Weathering is the cause of mountains wearing away.
Does ice cause weathering?
Yes, mechanical weathering.
Do plant roots cause mechanical weathering?
Plant roots cause Biological weathering which is indeed Mechanical in its nature. Animals burrowing is also a cause of Biological weathering.
How can biological weathering cause problems?
Weathering of any kind can sometimes cause problems, like erosion of topsoil. Biological weathering, where the weathering is caused by living things (plants and animals), can cause the same kinds of problems.
What most common cause of chemical weathering?
The most common cause of chemical weathering is oxygen
