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Water causes mechanical weathering by seeping into cracks and then freezing. When water freezes, it expands, which causes the cracks to widen. An example of chemical weathering is when compounds in the rocks dissolve in water and are carried away. Salts are a prime example of this. Billions of years of this have made our oceans salty.
Water, when it appears in large quantities at some altitude, rushes downhill under the influence of gravity. In this rush, it shreds soils and sweeps sands and gravels into the unknown downstream. All this moving water carries small abrasive particles in it, and these will "sand down" rocks and just about anything else in the flow. If water creeps into cracks and crevices in rock and then freezes, it will break out tiny pieces of the rock. We know water expands when it becomes ice, and this mechanical pressure is almost irrestible. Rock is pulverized, and though each even is on a small scale, across a broad area and through a long period of time, it can make mountains disappear.
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What type of weathering is water?
If you meant weathering that is caused by water; physical weathering is the answer.
What influences both chemical weathering and mechanical weathering?
Factors such as temperature, precipitation, type of rock, vegetation cover, and human activity can influence both chemical weathering (breakdown of rocks through chemical reactions) and mechanical weathering (physical breakdown of rocks into smaller pieces). Temperature can affect the rate of chemical reactions, while precipitation can enhance chemical weathering by providing water for reactions and mechanical weathering by contributing to erosion. Vegetation can impact weathering by producing acids that enhance chemical weathering and by roots that can cause mechanical weathering. Human activity like construction and mining can accelerate both chemical and mechanical weathering processes.
Can Gravity cause mechanical weathering?
because of the chemical reactions of the abiotic and the digestive system in your body
Do mountain rocks cause chemical or mechanical weathering?
Mountain rocks can undergo both chemical and mechanical weathering. Mechanical weathering breaks rocks into smaller pieces through physical processes like frost wedging and abrasion. Chemical weathering involves the breakdown of rocks through chemical reactions, such as oxidation or dissolution, which can alter the composition of the rock.
What are the 2 main types of weathering?
The two main types of weathering are mechanical (physical) weathering and chemical weathering. Mechanical weathering involves the physical breakdown of rocks into smaller pieces, while chemical weathering involves the alteration of rock materials through chemical reactions.
What contribute to mechanical and chemical weathering?
Mechanical weathering includes abrading or crushing. Chemical weathering includes dissolution in water or acid rain. Oxidation and reduction reactions can also cause chemical weathering.
Water causes what type of weathering?
Water causes mechanical and chemical weathering.
Does salt on a sidewalk cause mechanical or chemical weathering to the sidewalk?
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.
What type of weathering is water?
If you meant weathering that is caused by water; physical weathering is the answer.
Animal burrows dug in rock that let in water and air chemical or mechanical?
Plant growth is both a chemical and mechanical process. The roots secrete mild acids that dissolve minerals in rocks, and the plant's roots and stems can increase in size and force rocks apart inside cracks and crevices.
Is halite dissolving in water mechanical wethering?
No, chemical because it involves water and water is a subject of Chemical Weathering not Mechanical.
What influences both chemical weathering and mechanical weathering?
Factors such as temperature, precipitation, type of rock, vegetation cover, and human activity can influence both chemical weathering (breakdown of rocks through chemical reactions) and mechanical weathering (physical breakdown of rocks into smaller pieces). Temperature can affect the rate of chemical reactions, while precipitation can enhance chemical weathering by providing water for reactions and mechanical weathering by contributing to erosion. Vegetation can impact weathering by producing acids that enhance chemical weathering and by roots that can cause mechanical weathering. Human activity like construction and mining can accelerate both chemical and mechanical weathering processes.
Can Gravity cause mechanical weathering?
because of the chemical reactions of the abiotic and the digestive system in your body
Is water a cause of physical weathering or chemical weathering?
It is a cause of both.
Do mountain rocks cause chemical or mechanical weathering?
Mountain rocks can undergo both chemical and mechanical weathering. Mechanical weathering breaks rocks into smaller pieces through physical processes like frost wedging and abrasion. Chemical weathering involves the breakdown of rocks through chemical reactions, such as oxidation or dissolution, which can alter the composition of the rock.
Would minerals dissolving in water be a form of mechanical or chemical weathering?
Chemical.
They contribute to mechanical and chemical weathering?
Weathering refers to the disintegration and decomposition of rocks. Pressure, temperature, acid rain, water, ice and wind all contribute to mechanical and chemical weathering.
