0
Want this question answered?
Be notified when an answer is posted
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
Does chemical weathering form new products?
chemical weathering does not form new products
What takes place when minerals in rocks combine with air and chemical weathering?
The oxygen in the air combines with the minerals and the rocks change because the minerals are oxidizing. Oxidation can cause new chemical compounds such as iron oxide to form in the rocks.
What chemical weathering process occurs when minerals in the rock react with carbon dioxide?
Carbonation. Minerals combine chemically with H2CO3 and form a new product called...Carbonation. Which happens inside the rock :)
What happens to the minerals in rocks as a result of chemical weathering?
During chemical weathering, minerals in rocks can undergo a process of decomposition and transformation. This occurs as water and atmospheric gases react with the minerals, causing them to dissolve or alter their chemical composition. For example, minerals rich in iron can oxidize and form rust, while silicate minerals can break down and release their constituent elements. Ultimately, this can lead to the formation of new minerals and the release of dissolved ions into water streams.
What type of weathering is it when you clear a peace of land for a new building?
physical weathering
Which type of weathering do you see most in New Jersey?
I would have to say that Plants/Animals are commonly types of weathering found in New Jersey.
Explain three ways in which new minerals can form from existing minerals?
Igneous forms when melted rock cools and hardens. Igneous rock is also called volcanic rock.Sedementary forms through weathering.Metamorphic forms when mountains build up.
Do sedimentary rocks form in chemical processes?
Yes, sedimentary rocks can form through chemical processes. One example is the precipitation of minerals from solution, which occurs when dissolved ions in water bond together to form solid minerals. Another example is chemical weathering, where minerals in rocks are dissolved or altered by chemical reactions, leading to the formation of new minerals.
How do weathering and erosion change a mountain?
it changes because of the weathering and erosion that takes away the soil and rocks causing it to lower and move to another place, which means that a new mountain will form from the weathering and erosion.
Which type of weathering produces an exfoliation dome?
In some case chemical weathering can cause this (where new crystals form from old ones but where the volume of the new crystals is not the same as the original). In other cases the weathering process is temperature driven by water entering the porous layer of a weathering rock and freezing. This can split the rock parallel to the surface, giving it exfoliation layers. Some texts also imply that exfoliation domes are produced by by removal of vertical pressure relieving paleo stresses in the rock, this however would not be a weathering process.
Differentiate physical chemical weathering?
mechanical weathering breaks rocks into smaller pieces without changing their composition while on chemical weathering breaks down rocks by forming new minerals that are stable at the earth's surfaces.
What do both weathering and erosion produce?
New rocks, landforms and structures. The first from the sediments from the weathered rocks. Also solutions of minerals such as calcium carbonate, from limestone.
