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Increased flow rate in water or wind erosion, as well as freeze/thaw cycles, animal movement, landslides, plant root growth, and sunshine.
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Does physical weathering inhibit chemical weathering?
No. It makes more surface available for chemical weathering, actually speeding up the weathering process.
Are chemicals from plants physical or chemical weathering?
Is chemicals from plants chemical weathering or physical weathering
Is water freezing in cracks in a rock a physical weathering?
it is a physical weathering.
Is weathering a physical or chemical change?
physical change
How does weathering change minerals?
Physical or mechanical weathering
What does acid rain have to do with weathering?
Acid rain speeds up the process of weathering!
How does the size of an exposed rock affect its rate of weathering?
it speeds up the weathering process
What roles does acid precipitation play in the weathering process?
it speeds up the weathering process.
How does the size of an expose rock affect it's rate of weathering?
it speeds up the weathering process
What speeds up chemical weathering?
Warm, wet, tropical climates speed chemical weathering of rock.
Does hot humid weathering speed up chemical weathering process?
Yes, heat speeds up most processes including chemical weathering. Humidity and moisture likewise contribute to a speeding up of the weathering process.
Is weathering physical?
When rocks are broken up by physical changes.
Is abrasion physical weathering or chemical weathering?
it is physical weathering
What speeds up rates of chemical reaction and weathering in rocks and soils?
== == Heat and water.
Does physical weathering inhibit chemical weathering?
No. It makes more surface available for chemical weathering, actually speeding up the weathering process.
Why is the chemical weathering slow in the desert if heat speeds up chemical reactions?
Chemical weathering lacks an essential component in the desert - water.
Is weathering same as physical weathering?
No weathering is not the same as physical weathering.Kayla
