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Plants are known to intrude their roots into cracks and crevices. The growing root is able to separate layers of stone as it grows.

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How can living things contribute to chemical weathering?

Living things can contribute to chemical weathering by secreting organic acids that can break down minerals in rocks, roots of plants can physically break apart rocks, and by facilitating the growth of mosses and lichens that produce acids that break down rocks.


Which force does not break down rocks in nature?

Magnetic force does not break down rocks in nature. Rocks are typically broken down by mechanical weathering (e.g. frost wedging, root growth) and chemical weathering (e.g. oxidation, dissolution).


What are two processes that can break down rocks?

Two processes that can break down rocks are weathering, which is the breakdown of rocks into smaller pieces by natural elements like sunlight, water, and wind, and erosion, which is the transport of these smaller rock fragments by forces like water, ice, or wind.


What lead to weathering?

Weathering is caused by a combination of physical, chemical, and biological processes that break down rocks and minerals at Earth's surface. Physical weathering happens when rocks are broken down by physical forces like water, wind, or temperature changes. Chemical weathering occurs when minerals in rocks undergo chemical reactions that weaken or dissolve them. Biological weathering involves the actions of living organisms like plants or bacteria that can break down rocks.


When rocks break down or decompose they form?

When rocks break down or decompose, they form smaller rock particles, such as sand, silt, and clay. Over time, these particles can further break down into sediment or mineral components. This process is known as weathering.

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How can living things contribute to chemical weathering?

Living things can contribute to chemical weathering by secreting organic acids that can break down minerals in rocks, roots of plants can physically break apart rocks, and by facilitating the growth of mosses and lichens that produce acids that break down rocks.


What lichens and how do they break down rocks?

Lichen are a composite of two organisms (fungus and algae) living symbiotically and they have a small amount of acid. ;p and it breaks down rocks by growing on rocks!


What are lichens and how do they break down rocks?

Lichen are a composite of two organisms (fungus and algae) living symbiotically and they have a small amount of acid. ;p and it breaks down rocks by growing on rocks!


What are lichens how do they break down rocks?

Lichen are a composite of two organisms (fungus and algae) living symbiotically and they have a small amount of acid. ;p and it breaks down rocks by growing on rocks!


What name is this process when rocks break down?

the process is called weathering when the rocks break down


How do humans break down rocks?

Humans break down rocks through mechanical and chemical weathering processes. Mechanical weathering involves physical forces like wind, water, and ice breaking down rocks into smaller pieces. Chemical weathering involves chemical reactions that break down the minerals in rocks, often aided by factors like water, acids, or living organisms. Over time, these weathering processes contribute to the breakdown and erosion of rocks into soil.


Which force does not break down rocks in nature?

Magnetic force does not break down rocks in nature. Rocks are typically broken down by mechanical weathering (e.g. frost wedging, root growth) and chemical weathering (e.g. oxidation, dissolution).


A living thing that feeds on and break down dead things?

Decomposers feed on dead and decayingt matter, breaking it down.


Rocks break down to?

soil


What is a description of erosion that someone could see during a hike?

Erosion is the process when rocks and minerals r moved from one place to another. There are three types of erosion: chemical-where the rocks break down from chemical realtions biological-where the rocks are broken down by living organisms physical-where rocks brocken down physically by a living organisms and chemical reactions You will see this in canyons, hoodoos ,and all soil and rocks


What are the processes that break down rocks?

Weathering


What plants break down rocks?

none