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Freeze thaw action, water freezing expands in volume and puts pressure on the crevice in rock face.
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What are two ways rocks are mechanically weathered?
Two forms of mechanical weathering are frost heaving and plant root wedging. All forms of mechanical weathering result in the breakage of rock into smaller size particles.
What process creates tiny particles from bedrock?
well it is very hard to break up bedrock, but the main process that does is weathering. You have two seperit kinds of weathering. The first one is Chemical Weathering. Chemical weathering is when weathering effects the exterior. two examples are rust and leaching. The second type of weathering is Mechanical Weathering. This effects rocks physically. two examples are abrasion and erosion.SO THE MAIN ANSWER WOULD BE WEATHERING. THE TYPE OF WEATHERING, MECHANICAL WEATHERING, THE PROCESS, ABRASION (well there is more than that but that is the most common situation)
What two types of water cause erosion and deposition?
Liquid and ice. Ice causes mechanical wedging that breaks up larger rocks until they are small enough to be removed from the source area by rushing water and deposited in a lower-energy environment.
When two pieces of different types of rock are rubbed together one of the rocks often breaks into smaller pieces this is an example of?
mechanical weathering
What cause mechanical weathering is the wearing away of rock by rock particles?
When two rocks rub up against each other, pieces of the rock wear away. This is called abrasion.
What are the two types of mechanical weathering?
Ice wedging and, plants + animals
What are two ways mechanical weathering change rocks?
Two forms of mechanical weathering are frost heaving and plant root wedging. All forms of mechanical weathering result in the breakage of rock into smaller size particles.
What are two ways that mechanical weathering changes rocks?
Ice live
What are two ways rocks are mechanically weathered?
Two forms of mechanical weathering are frost heaving and plant root wedging. All forms of mechanical weathering result in the breakage of rock into smaller size particles.
Type of physical weathering?
Therew is only to types of weathering in my knowledge and they are Mechanical and Chemical (in scientific term). Mechanical is also know as physical.
What are the two causes of mechanical weathering?
If you want to draw something of mechanical weathering like me then i got the idea for you draw a rock with cracks and a concrete house with no roof at the top mechanical weathering
What Are two kind of weathering?
The 2 kinds of weathering are the Mechanical or Physical Weathering and the Mechanical Weathering.
What are the two kinds of weathering?
The 2 kinds of weathering are the Mechanical or Physical Weathering and the Mechanical Weathering.
What are two examples of the mechanical weathering?
two examples of mechanical weathering are called wind ,and water.
What are the two important causes of mechanical weathering?
Temperature changes make rocks expand and contract and it is one of the important cause of mechanical weathering. Water abrasion is the other important cause. Wind and moving water cause rocks to rub against each other and the rocks could well break into smaller pieces.
What are two major categories of weathering?
Mechanical weathering and Chemical weathering
What are the two main types of weathering?
chemical and mechanical weathering :P
