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What form of weathering is caused by plants and animals?
Biological weathering
Which type of weathering is caused by plants and animals?
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What are 3 causes of biological weathering?
One cause of biological weathering is through the organism lichens. Other types are caused by plants, animals, and exposure to acids.
Is mechanical weathering caused by?
Gravity plays a small part in mechanical weathering but temperature, weather, animals, plants, water and wind play much bigger parts.
How can biological weathering cause problems?
Weathering of any kind can sometimes cause problems, like erosion of topsoil. Biological weathering, where the weathering is caused by living things (plants and animals), can cause the same kinds of problems.
What cause mechanical weathering?
Mechanical weathering breaks rock into pieces by freezing and thawing,release of pressure, growth of plants, action of animals, and abrasion
What are the factors that cause igneous rocks to break down?
weathering, there are four types of weathering, chemical weathering, caused by acid rain, onion skin weathering, caused by change in temperature eg in the dessert it's boiling at day and freezing at night, freeze-thaw weathering, caused by water freezing and melting, expnding a crack inside a rock, and biological weathering, caused by plants and animals (including humans) eg walking on stone steps again will eventually wear it.
What causes biochemical weathering?
Results from the actions of plants and animals.
How do plants and animals cause weathering?
There are two primary effects: chemical weathering by acidic secretions, decomposition by-products etc; and wedging of fractured rockby tree-roots. Animals may also create minor, purely local soil erosion, though the so-called "sheep tracks" (miniature terraces)on steep hillsides are formed by soil-creep, not trampling.
What are the two types of mechanical weathering?
Ice wedging and, plants + animals
Which effect of weathering is useful to plants and animals?
bwcause it is the formation of fossils
What living organisms contribute to physical weathering?
Plants with their roots can contribute to physical weathering by breaking through rocks as they grow. Burrowing animals such as earthworms and rodents can also contribute by tunneling through the ground and breaking up rock particles. Ice wedging, where water freezes and expands in cracks in rocks, is another process of physical weathering caused by living organisms.
