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If your question was meant to say "what is a type of weathering that changes rocks" then I'll name you Two: one is called freeze thaw weathering, what happens is moisture and liquid water get into small irregularities in the rock and can freeze when the temperature gets cool enough, now when water freezes it expands by a scale of about 1.1X bigger (it gets bigger by 10%) which means if the water is in a small crack in the rock it will push outwards on the rock and crack it even more, this process will repeat and the rock will change in shape by cracking through and breaking. this weathering style also affects cliff faces etc.
The other type is called onion skin weathering i believe, basically the rock gets heated by the midday sun typically in a desert and heats up, it expands evenly as the heat is imparted over a long period, when night time comes around the temperature surrounding usually plummets and the surface of the rock cools down and shrinks, but the core is still hot meaning that the outer layers want to push back on the core which is too large (it cannot do this) so it cracks in order to fit around this still hot core of the rock, if you repeat this many times the rock will become defaced and cracked all over, eventually breaking down into gravel type rock.
What else can I help you with?
Ice wedging is an example of which type of weathering?
Mechanical Weathering
Is hydration an example of weathering?
A type of Chemical weathering that happens when water interacts with minerals.
The actions of animals most commonly can cause the type of weathering know as?
Mechanical weathering
What type of weather is water weathers?
If you meant weathering that is caused by water; physical weathering is the answer.
One type of physical is caused by the wind?
weathing
What type of weathering occurs when only the size of the rock change?
physical weathering
Which type of weathering causes the mineral composition of rocks to change?
Chemical weathering is the type of weathering that causes the mineral composition of rocks to change. This process occurs when minerals in rocks react with elements in the environment, causing a chemical reaction that alters the rock's mineral composition over time.
What geologic process can change any type of rock into sediment?
Weathering and erosion
What is the type of weathering that involes a chemical change in some of the minerals in a rock?
Chemical weathering is the type of weathering that involves a chemical change in some of the minerals in a rock. This process breaks down the rock into smaller pieces by altering its mineral composition through chemical reactions with substances like water, oxygen, or acids.
What is the main type of weather in in the desert?
Physical Weathering (aka Mechanical Weathering) is the main type of weathering in deserts.
What type of weathering makes iron change colors?
oxidation causes iron to change color. oxidation causes rust.
How does weathering change minerals?
Physical or mechanical weathering
What is different between physical weathering and chemical weathering?
Physical weathering is breaking down of rocks by weather that does not change their chemical components. Chemical weathering is weathering that breaks rocks down by a chemical change.
What type of weathering is in breaking of rocks?
Physical weathering.
What is a type of weathering where rock is broken down as in absorbs water?
Hydration weathering is a type of chemical weathering process where rocks absorb water and expand, leading to their breakdown and weakening. This process can cause minerals within the rock to dissolve or change in composition, ultimately breaking down the rock structure.
Ice wedging is an example of which type of weathering?
Mechanical Weathering
What is a type of weathering where rocks are dissolved by an acid?
chemical weathering
