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Mechanical weathering is the breaking of rock into smaller particles without a change in chemistry. An example would be the tumbling and rounding of a pebble in a stream.

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Are chemicals from plants physical or chemical weathering?

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How do chemicals contribute to weathering?

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Is chemical weathering and chemical reaction the same?

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Form of weathering that involves chemicals?

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Does chemical weathering involve water?

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What does not involve a chemical process that decomposes rock?

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This can occur mechanically or chemically.?

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What agent of weathering breaks down limestones statues?

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How do chemicals cause weathering of the Earth's surface?

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