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How does the action of wind water and sun contribute to weathering?
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∙ 8y ago
Weathering requires energy (to break up the rock). This energy comes from the Sun in the form of Sunlight (heat). This heat drives the wind and evaporates water causing them to interact so as to do the weathering.
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What is Wind and water are agents of?
Wind and water are agents of erosion
How can erosion cause weathering?
Erosion does not cause weathering. Erosion is a TYPE of weathering in which surface soil and rock are worn away through the action of glaciers, water, and wind.
Erosion and weathering are caused mostly by?
wind and water.
What are 5 physical weathering agents?
Temperature Change Pressure Change Animal Action Wind, Water, and Gravity Plant Growth
Which type of weathering does not require the presence water?
Sunlight and wind can cause weathering.
They contribute to mechanical and chemical weathering?
Weathering refers to the disintegration and decomposition of rocks. Pressure, temperature, acid rain, water, ice and wind all contribute to mechanical and chemical weathering.
How are rocks broken up?
Due to the action of the wind, water,etc. Or by weathering!
What is Wind and water are agents of?
Wind and water are agents of erosion
How can erosion cause weathering?
Erosion does not cause weathering. Erosion is a TYPE of weathering in which surface soil and rock are worn away through the action of glaciers, water, and wind.
How does the wind change the rock?
Wind is an agent of weathering and erosion. Weathering is the breaking of rock into smaller particles. Wind moves small rock particles against other rock surfaces, weathering them. Wind will also drive water deeper into fissures, which could then freeze, causing further weathering. Wind can also cause greater wave action on shorelines, increasing weathering.
. How is physical weathering different from 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
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
Erosion and weathering are caused mostly by?
wind and water.
What are 5 physical weathering agents?
Temperature Change Pressure Change Animal Action Wind, Water, and Gravity Plant Growth
How does elevation change weathering?
The higher in elevation the more wind and rain there is. weathering happens by wind and water.
What type of force is weathering and erosion?
Although the terms are frequently used together, weathering and erosion are uniquely different. Weathering is the physical, chemical and biotic breakdown of a substance and erosion is how it is carried off. Ice, water and wind contribute to the erosion process.
What are causes of weathering called?
the causes of weathering are water, wind, and ice. -your welcome.
