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Alternating wetting and drying, causing continuous heating and cooling of rock surfaces, due to change in weather conditions by rainfall and sunshine periods, which leads to uneven expansion within rock layers. This eventually results in cracking and peeling off of rock surfaces (exfolliation).
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What is the most important agent of mechanical weathering?
water
One of the most important mechanical weathering processes is?
Frost wedging.
What type of mechanical weathering is most common in mountains areas?
The mechanical weathering involves erosion,wind pressure.
What is the most common kind of mechanical weathering?
frost wedging ?
Where is mechanical weathering most likely to occur?
it is found in a desert
What is the most important agent of mechanical weathering?
water
One of the most important mechanical weathering processes is?
Frost wedging.
What is the most important force of mechanical weathering in cool climates?
Freezing and thawing.
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 type of mechanical weathering is most common in mountains areas?
The mechanical weathering involves erosion,wind pressure.
What two climate factors are most important in the weathering process?
Climate & Moisture
Animal burrows dug in rock that let in water and air chemical or mechanical?
Plant growth is both a chemical and mechanical process. The roots secrete mild acids that dissolve minerals in rocks, and the plant's roots and stems can increase in size and force rocks apart inside cracks and crevices.
The actions of animals most commonly can cause the type of weathering know as?
Mechanical weathering
Where on earth would you most likely see mechanical weathering?
Colder climates can help this process. It can also depends if it is a wet or dry climate.
When does weathering occur most?
Chemical weathering in the warm, wet season and mechanical weathering in the cool, dry season.
Does mechanical weathering change a rocks structure?
Most Definitely
What is the most common kind of mechanical weathering?
frost wedging ?
