How does mineral composition affect the rate of weathering?

Answer 1

The Rock Composition really affects the rate of weathering because different types of rocks will react differently to water and other substances. If you pour water on flat marble and leave it, the water would usually leave a mark or a stain on marble depending on what color the marble is. If the marble is black, the stain would have a high chance of being gray. If you pour water on a slab of limestone, the water would have a high chance of just passing through. After a few times of pouring, the slab of limestone would have like an indent if all of the ours were in the same place.

Answer 2

soft minerals weather way faster then hard minerals. If you want an example of this. go out to your yard drag a strong stick though a section of soft dirt. Then try digging that stick through the driveway or sidewalk. You should see the difference.

Answer 3

High rainfall coupled with high temperatures are the most favorable conditions under which weathering occurs. As altitude increases, the most favorable weathering conditions would tend to shift toward other types, such as frost wedging, or wind carried particle abrasion. Climate and topography would not affect the composition of existing rocks except in the case of chemical weathering, where the minerals in the rock can be dissolved or oxidized by acidic rainfall or air.

Answer 4

Temperature and humidity affect the rate of weathering.

Answer 5

because the sky is high and the birds can fly

Answer 6

Some minerals in rock dissolve in water much more quickly than others.