Mechanical weathering is the breaking down of rock without chemical reaction.Mechanical weathering is also when water gets into the cracks of the rocks and makes the rocks expand.Like ice wedging.while chemical weathering changes the rocks by chemicals.
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Chemical weathering
The antonym for mechanical weathering is chemical weathering. Chemical weathering is the breakdown of rocks and minerals through chemical reactions, while mechanical weathering is the physical breakdown of rocks into smaller pieces without changing their chemical composition.
Mechanical weathering involves the physical breakdown of rocks into smaller pieces without changing their chemical composition, usually through processes like freeze-thaw cycles or root wedging. Chemical weathering, on the other hand, alters the chemical composition of rocks through reactions with water, oxygen, or acids, resulting in the dissolution or breakdown of minerals. Both processes work together to break down rocks and contribute to the overall weathering of Earth's surface.
The two main types of weathering are mechanical weathering and chemical weathering. Mechanical weathering involves physically breaking down rocks into smaller pieces, while chemical weathering involves the alteration of rock composition through chemical reactions.
mechanical weathering and chemical weathering are related because their both are types of weathering
Mechanical weathering increases the surface area that can be attacked by chemical weathering.
The differences are that mechanical weathering breaks rocks into little pieces.. Chemical weathering not only breaks the rock but dissolves it.
Precipitation (source of chemical weathering) Plant roots (source of chemical weathering) Freezing and thawing (source of mechanical weathering) Human activities (source of mechanical weathering)
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.
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