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What Are two kind 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 frost wedging, where water freezes in cracks in rocks and expands, causing them to break apart, and root wedging, where plant roots grow into cracks and exert pressure, leading to rock fragmentation.


What are 2 examples of mechanical and chemical weathering?

Mechanical weathering examples include frost wedging, where water seeps into cracks in rocks and freezes, expanding and breaking the rock. Chemical weathering examples include acid rain, where pollutants in the atmosphere react with water to form acidic precipitation that can erode rock surfaces over time.


How do you use mechanical weathering in a sentence?

Mechanical weathering means erosion by physical means.Wind and water are examples of mechanical weathering.Mechanical weathering changes rock into sand.


Freezing and thawing plant roots exfliation and are all examples of what process?

Physical weathering or mechanical weathering.


Examples of Mechanical weathering?

Frost wedging & exfoliation are common terms associated with mechanical weathering.


What role does mechanical weathering have on chemical weathering?

there are not there are 2 different things


What is another name for physical weathering?

mechanical weathering


How the mechanical weathering is related to the weathering?

mechanical weathering applys weather


What are the two kinds of weathering?

The two kinds of weathering are mechanical weathering, which breaks down rocks into smaller pieces without changing their chemical composition, and chemical weathering, which alters the chemical composition of rocks through processes like oxidation or dissolution.


What are 2 examples of weathering?

Two examples of weathering are mechanical weathering, such as when rocks are broken down into smaller pieces by physical forces like wind or water, and chemical weathering, which occurs when rocks are broken down by chemical reactions like oxidation or dissolving.


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.