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Erosion is the process of water softening rock into soil or sand (depending on the type of rock). It is a long process which uses rain and high tides against rock. Overtime, the stone is softened by the water and begins to crack and crumble. This continues until the stone becomes soil or sand.
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What is the type of weathering that involes a chemical change in some of the minerals in a rock?
Chemical weathering
What is the process that helps create the different types of rocks?
weathering can change one type of rock to another
Weathering and erosion are two of the what that change rocks?
Weathering can wear down rock over time, smoothing out rough rock formations. Since harder rocks are much more resistant to weathering than softer ones, weathering can change the shape of a rock formation as the soft rock is weathered away, leaving behind the hard rock in a potentially very different shape. Erosion has a very small effect, but could slightly change the shape as dirt and rock particles on the formations are blown or washed away.
What type of weathering breaks down rocks without changing its chemical properties?
Physical (also referred to as mechanical) weathering does not cause a change in the chemistry of a rock, only a diminution of size.
In what type of weathering does salt wedging occur?
mechanical weathering
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
What type of rock suffers from weathering most quickly?
that would be ether sand stone or lime stone Cheers Gym_
What type of rocks can be affected by weathering and erosion?
Any type of rock that is at or near the surface could be affected by weathering and erosion. Mountains are eventually flattened; caves are formed underground. Both are the result of weathering and erosion.
What is the main type of weather in in the desert?
Physical Weathering (aka Mechanical Weathering) is the main type of weathering in deserts.
What type of weathering is represented by the dissolution of limestone in acid?
type of weathering represented by dissolution of lime stone in acid is known as chemical weathering and is mainly expirienced in coastal regions as rain water dissoves CO2 in the air forming a weak carbonic acid which then dissolves limestone in the area in the process of chemical weathering and it results in the formation of karst scenary.
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.
