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Q: What Physical chemical of Root Wedging?
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Is root wedging a form of chemical weathering?

No. Root wedging is a form of mechanical weathering.


Is frost wedging chemical or physical?

physical


Is wedging of the tree roots along natural joints in granite outcrops chemical?

The growth of tree roots is chemical, wedging(?), pushing thru the ground(?), would be a physical change.


Is ice wedging physical weathering or chemical weathering?

Ice wedging is physical weathering. As water freezes it grows, so when water flows into cracks or holes and then freezes it causes the water to expand, which brakes apart whatever it seeped into.


How is frost wedging similar to root wedging?

they are both a type of physical weathering and both may break rock through a crack or a crevice. Frost wedging is when water enters a crack and may freeze causing the crack to expand because when water freezes it contrasts and expands. Root wedging is when a plant grows through a crack causing the roots to expand and break through the rock. -michael yap


What is an-example-of-physical weathering?

frost wedging


What is an example physical weathering?

ice wedging


Is frost wedging related to chemical weathering?

Frost wedging is classified as mechanical weathering, but does open up rock to further surface attack by chemical weathering.


Is ice wedging a physical change?

the water freezing is physical change


Is ice wedging mechaniical or chemical weathering?

mechanical


What process is not related to chemical weathering?

frost wedging


What are non-examples of mechanical weathering?

Mechanical weathering is physical changes that break down and/or cracks the rock, such as ice wedging, temperature changes, root growth, or animal activity. Chemical weathering is a chemical change that changes the chemicals of the substance to make a new one. Examples of chemical weathering include oxidation, acid rain, hydration, and carbonation.