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What is the agent in mechanical weathering where the sun or forest fire causes rock to crack?
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∙ 12y ago
"heat" alone is an inadequate explanation. the agent is water or moisture acted on by variations of temperature
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∙ 12y ago
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What is the most important agent of mechanical weathering?
water
What type of weathering causes acid rain?
carbonation is an example of chemical weathering carbonation is an example of chemical weathering
How might more than one agent of mechanical weathering operate in the same place?
By being in the same area or Causing weathering at the same time or place
The agent of mechanical weathering in which rock is worn away by the grinding action of other rock particles is called what?
Abrasion.
The agent of mechanical weathering in which rock is Worn away by the grinding action of other rocks particles is called?
Erosion
What is the most important agent of mechanical weathering?
water
How can gravity act as an agent of weathering?
If you drop a rock and it breaks into pieces, then that is an act of mechanical weathering.
Plant roots that force cracks in rocks are an agent of what?
mechanical weathering
How rocks are mechanically weatherd?
When rocks are broken down without any change to their chemical compositions it is mechanical weathering. Causes of mechanical weathering are Freezing and melting of water, Abrasion, when the rock is weather by an abrasive agent such as wind and sand, and exfoliation occurs when a rock is brought to the surface.
How are rocks weatherd?
When rocks are broken down without any change to their chemical compositions it is mechanical weathering. Causes of mechanical weathering are Freezing and melting of water, Abrasion, when the rock is weather by an abrasive agent such as wind and sand, and exfoliation occurs when a rock is brought to the surface.
What type of weathering causes acid rain?
carbonation is an example of chemical weathering carbonation is an example of chemical weathering
What is the agent of mechanical weathering in which rock is worn away by the grinding action of other rock?
Abrasion.
How might more than one agent of mechanical weathering operate in the same place?
By being in the same area or Causing weathering at the same time or place
The agent of mechanical weathering in which rock is worn away by the grinding action of other rock particles is called?
abrasion
The agent of mechanical weathering in which rock is worn away by the grinding action of other rock particles is called what?
Abrasion.
What is the agent of Mechanical weathering in which rock is worn away by the grinding action of other rock particles is called?
Abrasion.
What is the agent mechanical weathering in which rock worn away by the grinding actions of other rock particles is called?
Abrasion.
