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If your question was meant to say "what is a type of weathering that changes rocks" then I'll name you Two: one is called freeze thaw weathering, what happens is moisture and liquid water get into small irregularities in the rock and can freeze when the temperature gets cool enough, now when water freezes it expands by a scale of about 1.1X bigger (it gets bigger by 10%) which means if the water is in a small crack in the rock it will push outwards on the rock and crack it even more, this process will repeat and the rock will change in shape by cracking through and breaking. this weathering style also affects cliff faces etc.
The other type is called onion skin weathering i believe, basically the rock gets heated by the midday sun typically in a desert and heats up, it expands evenly as the heat is imparted over a long period, when night time comes around the temperature surrounding usually plummets and the surface of the rock cools down and shrinks, but the core is still hot meaning that the outer layers want to push back on the core which is too large (it cannot do this) so it cracks in order to fit around this still hot core of the rock, if you repeat this many times the rock will become defaced and cracked all over, eventually breaking down into gravel type rock.
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Ice wedging is an example of which type of weathering?
Mechanical Weathering
Is hydration an example of weathering?
A type of Chemical weathering that happens when water interacts with minerals.
The actions of animals most commonly can cause the type of weathering know as?
Mechanical weathering
What type of weather is water weathers?
If you meant weathering that is caused by water; physical weathering is the answer.
One type of physical is caused by the wind?
weathing
What type of weathering that does not change the mineral composition of a rock?
Chemical Weathering
What type of weathering occurs when only the size of the rock change?
physical weathering
Which type of weathering causes the mineral composition of rocks to change?
mechanical weathering
Which type of weathering causes the mineral composition of rock to change?
mechanical weathering
What geologic process can change any type of rock into sediment?
Weathering and erosion
What is the type of weathering that involes a chemical change in some of the minerals in a rock?
Chemical weathering
How weathering change rocks?
how does weathering change rock
What is the main type of weather in in the desert?
Physical Weathering (aka Mechanical Weathering) is the main type of weathering in deserts.
How humans change the rate of weathering?
how humanes change the rate of weathering
What type of weathering makes iron change colors?
oxidation causes iron to change color. oxidation causes rust.
What type of change would slow the chemical weathering of the soil?
Ice wedging would help slow chemical weathering and make the soil more fertile.
What type of weathering can ice wedging cause?
The type of weathering that causes Ice Wedging is Mechanical/ Physical Weathering.
