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Is decaying plants dissolving minerals in rocks mechanical or chemical?
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Feldspar mixing with water and producing clay minerals is mechanical or chemical?
chemical
Can water cause erosion by dissolving minerals?
Yes
What occurs during the weathering process?
There are 2 main processes of weathering, mechanical weathering and chemical weathering. In both processes the rocks are broken down. In the mechanical weathering process the rocks are simply made smaller. they are the same composition, just smaller pieces. In the process of chemical weathering the minerals in the rocks undergo a chemical change, they break down. This break down of minerals make them easier to erode. But, erosion is a different question.
What is the silicate mineral that originates as a product of chemical weathering?
Clay minerals are the product of chemical weathering of silicate minerals, such as feldspars. Clays are silicate minerals.
How rocks and minerals are different?
Minerals are usually small colored gems, whereas rocks are usually black, grey or white. Also, minerals have a chemical in which makes our bodies better. Those minerals are used in mineral water. Rocks do not have that chemical.
Would minerals dissolving in water be a form of mechanical or chemical weathering?
Chemical.
Feldspar mixing with water and producing clay minerals is mechanical or chemical?
chemical
What is important of lithosphere?
it provides us with all the rocks and minerals we need for mechanical and chemical purposes
What is the process of dissolving bone and returning it's minerals to the bloodstream?
Resorption is the process of dissolving bone and returning its minerals to the bloodstream.
Does mechanical weathering change a rocks chemicals?
No, not at all. Chemical weathering changes the molecular composition of minerals, but mechanical weathering only changes its shape or outward appearance.
Can water cause erosion by dissolving minerals?
Yes
What is the effect of climate in localization and concentration of a mineral?
Intense weathering and erosion will tend to concentrate minerals through chemical or mechanical means.
How do rocks get cracks in mechanical weathering?
The most common way is when water that got into cracks freezes and expands, breaking apart the rock. Other simple ways include minerals dissolving in moving water (especially with soluble minerals like calcium carbonate = limestone.)
Is plant growth mechanical or chemical?
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.
What is the process of changing the hard part of the remains of an plant with minerals?
Decaying .
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.
How the uranium will be produced?
Uranium is extracted by mining as minerals; these minerals are transformed in pure uranium compounds during a long physical/chemical chain of processes: grinding, dissolving, filtration, ion exchange, precipitation, solvent extraction, calcination, reduction, etc.
