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One example is when it rains, and there is a crack in the road. When the crack fills up with water it freezes and the crack will expand. Other examples are ice wedging, abrasion, exfoliation, and thermal expansion.

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What are 2 examples for mechanical weathering?

Abrasion and Frost


What are two examples of the mechanical weathering?

Two examples of mechanical weathering are frost wedging, where water freezes in cracks in rocks and expands, causing them to break apart, and root wedging, where plant roots grow into cracks and exert pressure, leading to rock fragmentation.


Freezing and thawing plant roots exfliation and are all examples of what process?

Physical weathering or mechanical weathering.


How do you use mechanical weathering in a sentence?

Mechanical weathering means erosion by physical means.Wind and water are examples of mechanical weathering.Mechanical weathering changes rock into sand.


Examples of Mechanical weathering?

Frost wedging & exfoliation are common terms associated with mechanical weathering.


What is another name for physical weathering?

mechanical weathering


How the mechanical weathering is related to the weathering?

mechanical weathering applys weather


What are synonyms of physical weathering?

Some synonyms for physical weathering are mechanical weathering and disintegration.


What Are two kind of weathering?

The 2 kinds of weathering are the Mechanical or Physical Weathering and the Mechanical Weathering.


What are 2 examples of mechanical and chemical weathering?

Mechanical weathering examples include frost wedging, where water seeps into cracks in rocks and freezes, expanding and breaking the rock. Chemical weathering examples include acid rain, where pollutants in the atmosphere react with water to form acidic precipitation that can erode rock surfaces over time.


What are non-examples of mechanical weathering?

Mechanical weathering is physical changes that break down and/or cracks the rock, such as ice wedging, temperature changes, root growth, or animal activity. Chemical weathering is a chemical change that changes the chemicals of the substance to make a new one. Examples of chemical weathering include oxidation, acid rain, hydration, and carbonation.


What landmarks were formed by mechanical weathering?

Some examples of landmarks formed by mechanical weathering are rock arches, hoodoos, and talus slopes. These features are shaped by physical forces such as wind, water, and ice causing rocks to break apart and be transported to new locations.