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How can climate rates affect chemical weathering?

Humidity and temperature are the keys to chemical weathering (and to answer a previous poster, chemical weathering is a natural process, though human activity can affect it. Chemical weathering needs water, to act as a solvent and to transport corrosive ions so chemical weathering in arid climates, and in arctic climates (where water is frozen, and so not available) have little if any chemical weathering. Chemical processes are also (mostly) accelerated by higher temperature so the high humidity and high temperature of the tropics is the place where chemical weathering predominates . Contribution of humic acids from soils is also important, and the high rate of growth of plants in tropical climates is also a factor. While the solution of Limestones by acidified water is the most commonly quoted example, many minerals break down chemically, feldspar breaking down to clay minerals would be another important example.


What is important to an understanding of life?

LIfe is important , bacause God who gives us for free, so we must take good care of our life.


Does physical weathering inhibit chemical weathering?

Physical weathering can enhance chemical weathering by increasing the surface area available for chemical reactions to occur. This is because physical weathering breaks down rocks into smaller pieces, exposing more surface area to chemical processes like oxidation and hydrolysis. So, physical weathering does not inhibit chemical weathering; instead, it can actually facilitate it.


Why are pioneer species so important for primary succession?

Because then there is life in the ecosystem


How do expanding and contracting work together in weathering?

Expanding and contracting work together in weathering through a process called freeze-thaw weathering. Water penetrates into cracks in rocks, where it freezes and expands, causing the rock to crack. When the ice thaws, the rock contracts, further weakening it. Over time, this cycle of expanding and contracting leads to the breakdown of rocks into smaller pieces.

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Weathering is so important to life and land. This is the main process through which soil is formed making land for cultivation and other activities.


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What are two important causes of chemical weathering?

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Why were settlers important back then?

The settlers were so interested in the land because they never seen land that was so rich.


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the everglades are important because it has so many different species of wild life and plant life.


Does weathering change rock to soil?

Weathering helps. So basically yes, it does .


Why depreciation is not charged on land?

In order to charge depreciation, we must know the expected life of the Asset. So in the case of Land, we cannot calculate the expected life of the land.


What Are Facts About HydroSphere?

what is hydrosphere? whay is it important in life. and how is the earth affected by weathering, erison and deposion? And how is soil formed. as simple as possiblethank you, need qucilycuzi got a big 1n u dnt SO SUCK ITIt's one of the four spheres in the sphere cycle and it's important for water.


What facts about hydrosphere?

what is hydrosphere? whay is it important in life. and how is the earth affected by weathering, erison and deposion? And how is soil formed. as simple as possiblethank you, need qucilycuzi got a big 1n u dnt SO SUCK ITIt's one of the four spheres in the sphere cycle and it's important for water.


Does temperature and pressure mean the same thing as weathering?

Temperature and pressure refer to the conditions that can influence the weathering process. Weathering is the process of breaking down rocks and minerals on Earth's surface due to factors such as temperature, pressure, and other environmental factors. So, while temperature and pressure are not the same as weathering, they are important factors that can contribute to weathering.