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1. Oxidation. 2. Carbonation. 3. Hydration. 4. Solution. 5. Hydrolysis.
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What is the natural wearing down or breaking apart of rocks?
physical
Why is physical weathering also known as mechanical weathering?
Physical weathering is caused by elements of nature. It is known as mechanical weathering to distinguish it from the other types of weathering namely chemical and biological. It occurs mechanically, by the breakdown due to natural components.
Is moss chemical or mechanical weathering?
Moss is biological weathering, actually, because it involves a plant.
Why people want to stop or control weathering and erosion?
Weathering and erosion cause both physical and monetary damage to property and environmental areas such as buildings and topsoil.
What causes all types of rocks to be exposed to weathering and erosion?
Uplift caused by tectonic movement
Type of physical weathering?
Therew is only to types of weathering in my knowledge and they are Mechanical and Chemical (in scientific term). Mechanical is also know as physical.
Are the three types of weathering?
biological weathering , physical weathering & chemical weathering.
What are the three weathering?
the 3 types of weathering are: Chemical Weathering Biological Weathering Physical Weathering
What are two general types of weathering?
Acid rain-chemical Animals burrowing-physical
Can you give me some notes about weathering?
There are two types of weathering: chemical and physical. Chemical weathering is said to occur when the chemical compounds of rocks are changed. Physical weathering happens due to wind, rain, or other natural occurrences.
What are two causes of physical weathering?
Gravity and water are two causes of physical weathering.
What types of erosions can water do?
physical weathering
What are the 2 main types of weathering?
The two main types of weathering are physical weathering and chemical weathering. Physical weathering involves water, wind and dust scraping away at rocks, while chemical weathering involves chemicals, usually acids, breaking down the rock.
What are the two types of weathering and erosion?
As a SIIT college student, based on what Mrs. Forcadilla taught us, the Two kinds of Weathering are Mechanical- physical forces that broken down rocks into smaller pieces. and Chemical- informed transformation of rock into non-chemical composition.
What are the sources of weathering?
weathering is the breaking down or dissolving of rock. There are 3 types of weathering chemical, physical and mechanical.
What is the natural wearing down or breaking apart of rocks?
physical
What type of weathering is there?
phisical weatheringchemical weatheringandBiological Weathering
