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give example of a real life situation where a substance's resisrance to weathering might make a difference
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What is the difference between physical and chemical weathering change?
chemical weathering change will most likely make a new substance
What substance causes weathering?
"Weathering" is primarily caused by water.
Quartz resists chemical weathering more than any other common mineral?
Quartz is a mineral that is the most resistant to chemical weathering. Its resistance is due to the structure of the grains that comprise it.
Chemicals can alter the composition of a substance and aid in weathering it.?
true
What force causes rock to change to a new substance?
Weathering
Which substance is most resistance to weathering rock or sand?
Sand
What characteristic most determines a rock's resistance to weathering?
sHAPE
What is the difference between physical and chemical weathering change?
chemical weathering change will most likely make a new substance
What substance causes weathering?
"Weathering" is primarily caused by water.
What is the process of erosion and how is it related to weathering?
Weathering breaks up the substance, and erosion causes it to move.
What are the factors of weathering?
physical weathering refers to weathering that occurs because of brute force, while chemical weathering refers to weathering that take place because change in the molecular composition of the substance
What si physical weathering?
Physical weathering is the breaking down of something which does not change a substance's composition itself
Which substance has the greatest effect on the rate of weathering of rock?
wind, water and ice has the greatest effect on weathering of rock
Quartz resists chemical weathering more than any other common mineral?
Quartz is a mineral that is the most resistant to chemical weathering. Its resistance is due to the structure of the grains that comprise it.
Chemicals can alter the composition of a substance and aid in weathering it.?
true
Chemicals can alter the composition of a substance aid in weathering it?
true
Explain the difference between chemical and physical weathering?
Chemical weathering is which makes new substances, whereas physical weathering is where rock is changed into smaller pieces of the same substance.
