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Trees bushes and other plants root in cracks in rocks and continue to grow causing the crack to open more.
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Explian the four types of mechanical weathering?
ice wedging/frost wedging, pressure release, plant root growth, abrasion.
What type of physical weathering forms scree?
Scree or talus would typically be formed by weathering due to ice wedging, plant root growth in rock crevices, pressure release, tensional stress, or compressional stress.
What speeds up physical weathering?
Increased flow rate in water or wind erosion, as well as freeze/thaw cycles, animal movement, landslides, plant root growth, and sunshine.
What are examples of weathering?
such as rain and sleet and snow,
What does a plant do to break a rock into pieces?
Plant root growth penetrates small cracks and crevices in rock and spreads them further apart, fracturing them and making them more vulnerable to chemical weathering. Other plants can attack the surface of rock directly, extracting nutrients.
What are the four causes of mechanical weathering?
ice wedging pressure release plant root growth and abrasion
Is plant root growth mechanical weathering?
Because roots physically encompass and break down soil.
How is plant root growth mechanical weathering?
Because roots physically encompass and break down soil.
Acids and growth of plants' root cause which type of weathering?
chemical weathering
Explian the four types of mechanical weathering?
ice wedging/frost wedging, pressure release, plant root growth, abrasion.
What does the term mechanical weathering mean?
Mechanical or physical weathering is a process in which a rock is broken down into smaller pieces by factors such as water absorption or freezing and thawing. It can also be caused by plant root growth.
What type of physical weathering forms scree?
Scree or talus would typically be formed by weathering due to ice wedging, plant root growth in rock crevices, pressure release, tensional stress, or compressional stress.
What weathering acid produced by some plant root?
weak acid
What speeds up physical weathering?
Increased flow rate in water or wind erosion, as well as freeze/thaw cycles, animal movement, landslides, plant root growth, and sunshine.
What does the term mechanism mean?
Mechanical or physical weathering is a process in which a rock is broken down into smaller pieces by factors such as water absorption or freezing and thawing. It can also be caused by plant root growth.
What happen to the root if the tissues were damaged?
the root of the plant die .....?
What are examples of weathering?
such as rain and sleet and snow,
