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What is breaking of rock into smaller pieces by gravity or other forces is it chemical weathering or mechanical weathering?
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∙ 9y ago
The answer depends on what "other forces" you are talking about. If the other forces are chemical, then weathering can be both chemical or mechanical. Generally, both types occur to various extents.
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How are mechanical weathering and chemical weathering alike and different?
The differences are that mechanical weathering is the breaking of rock into smaller pieces by forces due to gravity, corrosion, freezing (dilatation of the material) and melting of water, plant roots, or other forces. (The mechanical does it physically)So then chemical weathering is the changing of materials in a rock by chemical processes, for example acidic rains action, solubility of some components, chemical reactions, thermal decomposition, etc.
Compare and contrast mechanical weathering and chemical weathering?
Mechanical weathering provides fresh surfaces for attack by chemical processes, and chemical weathering weakens the rock so that it is more susceptible to mechanical weathering.
What is the physical and chemical breakdown of rocks?
Im not sure but I do know how mechanical weathering breaks down rocks. By frost action or water going inside the rocks and breaking it apart Gravity an example is a rock falling down a hill for and breaking a part into peaces.
Can Gravity cause mechanical weathering?
because of the chemical reactions of the abiotic and the digestive system in your body
What is the natural process that causes rock to breakdown?
Weathering from mechanical and chemical means is the process that causes rocks to become smaller and smaller; wind, rain, the sun, the freeze/thaw cycle, moving glaciers, chemical reactions, and gravity are some of the causes of weathering.
Gravity chemcial weathering?
Chemical weathering means that rocks are worn down by chemical reactions. This is unrelated to gravity.
Gravity of chemcial weathering?
Chemical weathering means that rocks are worn down by chemical reactions. This is unrelated to gravity.
Do gravity and ice cause mechanical weathering?
yes
Can gravity and ice cause mechanical weathering?
maybe
Landslides are formed by mechanical weathering caused by the force of?
gravity
How can gravity act as an agent of weathering?
If you drop a rock and it breaks into pieces, then that is an act of mechanical weathering.
What process breaks down rock?
Weathering from mechanical and chemical means is the process that causes rocks to become smaller and smaller; wind, rain, the sun, the freeze/thaw cycle, moving glaciers, chemical reactions, and gravity are some of the causes of weathering.
