How are mechanical weathering and chemical weathering related?

Both chemical and mechanical weathering breakdown a rock into particles, just in diffrent ways. Mechanical weathering is the physical weathering in which a rock is broken down into particles....

As mechanical weathering breaks rocks into smaller pieces there is more surface area for water to contact for chemical weathering...

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Mechanical- ice wedging, temperature changes, roots, animal activity It is physical changes that break down and/or cracks the rock. Chemical- oxydation, acid rain, hydration,...