"Weathering" is primarily caused by water.
Weathering
give example of a real life situation where a substance's resisrance to weathering might make a difference
Biological hydraulic weathering.
Chemical weathering
Biological. General rule, anything alive which causes weathering is biological weathering.
Weathering breaks up the substance, and erosion causes it to move.
Weathering
Chemical weathering is caused by chemical reactions in the substance, for example, when oxidation causes rusting.
Mechanical weathering - Disintegration - breaks down into smaller pieces, no new substance. Frost Action, Abrasion, Gravity, Organic Activity, Wetting and Drying, and Joint Sheeting are the six major causes of mechanical weathering.
the causes of weathering are water, wind, and ice. -your welcome.
Gravity and water are two causes of physical weathering.
There are many causes of weathering. Some of the main causes of weathering are:Thermal stressFrost weatheringOcean wavesPressure releaseSalt-crystal growthBiological effects
physical weathering
Exfoliation is primarily caused by physical weathering processes such as thermal expansion and contraction, where daily and seasonal temperature changes cause rocks to expand and contract, leading to the outer layers of rock peeling off in sheets. This process is especially common in areas with extreme temperature fluctuations like deserts.
WEATHERING and EROSION
Ice wedging is physical weathering. As water freezes it grows, so when water flows into cracks or holes and then freezes it causes the water to expand, which brakes apart whatever it seeped into.
what chemical weathering called oxidation causes