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Openings in rocks allow for the wind and weater to get inside and erode the surface. In areas where the temperatures get below freezing, when water gets inside a crack of a rock it freezes and when it freezes it expands. It exerts so much force when it expands that it cracks the rock further, making the crack larger and deeper which lets in more water which, well you know how it goes from there. It just gets bigger and bigger until the rock splits apart.
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What is three ways in which weak acids can cause chemical weathering of rock?
well the acid rain will make the plants die but chemical weathering can help pastad is a yellow grainy shadow to help the sentaped weathering breaks into the soil
While physical weathering will break a rock into chunks what turns the rock into soil?
chemical weathering
When does a rock have lower rate of weathering?
a rock would have a lower rate of weathering when it has more surface area exposed to weathering.
How weathering change rocks?
how does weathering change rock
Explanations of the three types of weathering?
chemical weathering is when a chemical reacts with a rock to brake down a rock.
Explain how a plant can break a rock?
Mechanical Weathering is the breakdown of rock into smaller pieces by physical means.Agents of mechanical weathering include ice,wind,water,gravity...
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.
What is three ways in which weak acids can cause chemical weathering of rock?
well the acid rain will make the plants die but chemical weathering can help pastad is a yellow grainy shadow to help the sentaped weathering breaks into the soil
What is weathering that does not alter the chemical composition of the rock called?
The type of weathering that does not alter the chemical composition of the rock is called physical weathering. The acid weathering usually alter the chemical composition of a rock.
While physical weathering will break a rock into chunks what turns the rock into soil?
chemical weathering
When does a rock have lower rate of weathering?
a rock would have a lower rate of weathering when it has more surface area exposed to weathering.
How do gases from a the air help break down rock?
Carbon Dioxide produces chemical weathering.
Rock formed from the fusion of weathering?
Weathering may change the rock into many shapes.
How does igneous rock changes into sedimentery rock?
By weathering either by physical or chemical weathering.
What effect does weathering have on igneous rock?
The effect of weathering is to reduce the volume of the igneous rock.
Which family of rock is formed from weathering?
Clastic sedimentary rock is the usual type of rock formed from the products of rock weathering.
What kind of weathering is a cracked rock?
It is water weathering
