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Q: Rocks that is permeable weathers easily because it is?
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Why does frost wedging weathers rocks?

It weathers rocks because the water enters through the cracks and therefore it expands the rocks


What is a permeable rock and why does it weather easily?

Porous rocks weather more easily for different reasons:Many porous rocks are made from softer materials, thus being more easily weatheredPorous rocks, by definition, tend to have lots of spaces in them where, on a microscopic or even macroscopic level, areas of the rock are not connected on all sides to other rock. As a result, there is less resistance to fracture or other separationsWater can infiltrate porous rocks and dissolve from the inside as well as the outside - even if only very slowlyBecause water can infiltrate porous rocks, they can be fractured from within when the water freezes


What rocks cause rapid runoff?

Impermeable rocks cause more rapid run off than permeable rocks. This is because the water can somewhat flow through the permeable rocks, not impermeable ones.


What rocks weathers the slowest?

Granite.


Does a permeable rock let rain pass through it?

Permeable rocks allow for liquid or gases to pass through them. Most rocks are permeable to a certain extent.


Why do you think acid precipitation weathers rocks faster than normal precipitation?

Because there is acid in this precipitation than normal precipitation so it weathers the Rock alot faster because acid is very strong


What type of glacier weathers rocks by plucking?

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What climate weathers rocks the fastest?

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Are the grand canyon rocks permeable or impermeable?

impermeable


What is the name of the rocks that allow water trough?

Permeable or porous rocks


What weathers and transports rocks?

Water, rain. Also wind.


How acid rain weathers rock?

It lands on the rocks and dissolves them.