Moss is biological weathering, actually, because it involves a plant.
Weathering refers to the disintegration and decomposition of rocks. Pressure, temperature, acid rain, water, ice and wind all contribute to mechanical and chemical weathering.
What mechanical and chemical weathering have in common is they both break rocks down into smaller and smaller pieces. Eventually the weathered rock will be eroded.
Water causes mechanical and chemical weathering.
Chemical, the sodium in the salt exchanges with calcium in the concrete. The chemical products are all water soluble and the surface of the sidewalk washes away.
Physical weathering is caused by elements of nature. It is known as mechanical weathering to distinguish it from the other types of weathering namely chemical and biological. It occurs mechanically, by the breakdown due to natural components.
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The moss that grows on rocks is considered a form of mechanical weathering. The roots of the moss penetrate the cracks and crevices in the rock, causing physical breakdown through expansion and contraction as the moss grows and shrinks. This process eventually breaks down the rock into smaller fragments.
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Chemical weathering
The antonym for mechanical weathering is chemical weathering. Chemical weathering is the breakdown of rocks and minerals through chemical reactions, while mechanical weathering is the physical breakdown of rocks into smaller pieces without changing their chemical composition.
The two main types of weathering are mechanical weathering and chemical weathering. Mechanical weathering involves physically breaking down rocks into smaller pieces, while chemical weathering involves the alteration of rock composition through chemical reactions.
mechanical weathering and chemical weathering are related because their both are types of weathering
Mechanical weathering increases the surface area that can be attacked by chemical weathering.
Precipitation (source of chemical weathering) Plant roots (source of chemical weathering) Freezing and thawing (source of mechanical weathering) Human activities (source of mechanical weathering)
Mechanical.
It is mechanical.
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