0
What kind of weathering happens to a rock exposed to an acid rain?
Wiki User
∙ 12y ago
Chemical Weathering.. because as rocks exposed to acid rains like limestones, it slowly dissolve and change into a new form
Wiki User
∙ 12y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What kind of weathring happens to a rock exposed to acid rain why?
Chemical Weathering.. because as rocks exposed to acid rains like limestones, it slowly dissolve and change into a new form
Acid precipitation is an agent of what kind of weathering?
Chemical weathering.
What kind of weathering is acid precipitation an agent of?
Chemical weathering.
How does a gopher cause weathering?
Gophers cause physical weathering. They dig burrows in the ground, allowing more rock to be exposed.
What kind of weathering happens when ice forms in cracks in a rock?
When ice forms in cracks in rocks, the kind of weathering is known as mechanical weathering. The type of mechanical weathering that freezes and thaws is frost wedging.
Is chemical weathering when rocks break apart by wind frost and roots?
No. That is mechanical weathering. Weathering by sand or other matter carried in the wind is a special kind of mechanical weathering called aolean weathering. Weathering by acid rain is an example of chemial weathering. Limestone is particularly subject to this. Illegibility of tombstones in old garveyards provide a good illustration of this.
What kind of weathering is frost weathering?
Physical weathering
What happens when you put acid on metal?
depending on the kind of acid and the metal, corrosion may occur
What Are two kind of weathering?
The 2 kinds of weathering are the Mechanical or Physical Weathering and the Mechanical Weathering.
Where does a pipe rust faster above soil or below soil?
What kind of pipe? Is this area exposed to acid rain?
What kind of weathering is a cracked rock?
It is water weathering
What kind of weathering causes iron?
physical weathering
