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Plants can weather rocks by having its roots grow, often squeezing the rock into so many little pieces, it can technically be considered "dissolved".

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Plants get nutrients from the soil they are in. The nutrients dissolve in the water and are then absorbed from the plant's roots. Plants make food with photosynthesis.


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Tannins are organic compounds released from plants that can dissolve rocks through chelation. Chelation involves tannins binding to metal ions in rocks, leading to their dissolution. This process can contribute to soil formation and nutrient cycling.


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Plants can weather rocks by having its roots grow, often squeezing the rock into so many little pieces, it can technically be considered "dissolved".


Is it true that plant roots produce weak acids that dissolves rocks?

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Why is an advantage for plants to store products of photosynthesis as starch and not sugar?

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How can trees and other plants cause weathering?

they cause it by their roots growing into rocks and breaking up the rocks. After the rocks have been broken up by trees and plants' roots, water and air will wash it away, and eventually dissolve it.


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oil does not dissolve


Why soil is not dissolve in water?

Soil is a mixture of various particles like sand, silt, clay, and organic matter that do not dissolve in water because the particles are too large to dissolve at a molecular level. Some components of soil may be soluble in water, but the overall structure of soil makes it insoluble as a whole.


What are three things that causes weathering?

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What sentence for dissolve?

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