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The type of chemical weathering that breaks down rocks is acid.
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Does chemical weathering cause a break down in the color and size of rocks?
Chemical weathering breaks down rocks
What is different between physical weathering and chemical weathering?
Physical weathering is breaking down of rocks by weather that does not change their chemical components. Chemical weathering is weathering that breaks rocks down by a chemical change.
What is produced when chemical weathering breaks down rocks?
Soil
What is the process that breaks rocks down into particles or its chemical components called?
weathering
What is the process that breaks down rocks chemically?
It's called chemical weathering. Think acid rain.
Why does acid rain break down some types of rocks?
Acid rain breaks down some types of rock because of chemical weathering it breaks down rocks by chemical actions.
When acid rain breaks down rocks by reacting with their minerals what type of weathering would this be an example of?
chemical weathering
Is dissolution a type of chemical weathering that breaks down rocks by absorbing water?
Yes
What is physical weathring and Chemical weathring?
Physical weathering is different from chemical weathering because physical weathering is when a river is to weather away the rock. Chemical is when acid precipitation is too dissolve the rock.
Why is acid rain harmful to rocks?
it causes chemical weathering that breaks down the minerals of the rock
Acid rain breaks down rocks by reacting with their minerals. This process is an example of?
chemical weathering
Differentiate physical chemical weathering?
mechanical weathering breaks rocks into smaller pieces without changing their composition while on chemical weathering breaks down rocks by forming new minerals that are stable at the earth's surfaces.
