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Sometimes when it's hot it is humid and the humidity in the air makes air/water particles rub against the rock.
Every now and then when the temperature is high, it can get quite humid and the humidity in the atmosphere makes air/water partials erode the rock by rubbing against it.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 10y agoHeat causes the surface to expand (get bigger) a little. The inside of the rock, though, does not heat up as fast as the outside of the rock. The inside of the rock stays cooler. At night, the surface cools down and contracts. The expanding and contracting makes some places on the surface weak, and a crack is made.
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∙ 13y agoWeathering can cause all sorts of physical changes in rock, but the only weather related thing I can think of that would cause chemical change is acid rain - and in some places, it is doing just that (notably the ancient Greek buildings).
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∙ 13y agoThis is really important for me can you please answer this
How do changes in temperature cause rocks to weather?
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∙ 14y agoA rise in temperature speeds chemical reactions.
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∙ 11y agorepeated freezing and thawing of ice can put cracks in rocks.
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∙ 14y agoThe freeze-thaw. where water seeps into cracks in the rock and when it freezes it expands and when it melts theres more space for more water and the the process keeps repeating
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∙ 13y agoWater seeps into cracks in rocks. The freezing water makes it expand or get bigger. This breaks up the rocks and loosens pieces that are later carried away.
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What are non-examples of mechanical weathering?
Mechanical weathering is physical changes that break down and/or cracks the rock, such as ice wedging, temperature changes, root growth, or animal activity. Chemical weathering is a chemical change that changes the chemicals of the substance to make a new one. Examples of chemical weathering include oxidation, acid rain, hydration, and carbonation.
What are some differences of physical weathering and chemical weathering?
Physical weathering is due to: rocks hitting other rocks causing them to break up from the action of frost and ice the action of wind or waves or running water the action of plants. Chemical weathering changes the composition of the rock and is due to: water dissolving minerals in the rock oxidation of metals in the rock
What type of weather is water weathers?
If you meant weathering that is caused by water; physical weathering is the answer.
What effects do years of weathering have on a landscape?
eartsh landforms are constantly changing.rocks in earths crust are slowly being broken into smaller pieces in a process called weathering.water,ice,temperature changes,chemicals,and living things cause weathering.there are two types of weathering,physical weathering and chemical weathering.
One type of physical is caused by the wind?
weathing
What kind of weathering is caused by changes in temperature?
The chemical weathering changes in diffrent temprture.
What type of weathering is caused by expansion and contraction of the rock?
Frost wedging
What are the chemical of weathering?
it harms the environment. temperature changes and climate changes occur because of chemical weathering.
What is the process that changes the characteristics of a rock?
Weathering and erosion would alter the shape of a rock, as would the application of stress possibly combined with high(er) temperature conditions.
What kind of weathering is caused by the natural forces of wind water and temperature?
Its physical weathering
Weathering caused by?
winds,temperature,frost,water
Where on earth would physical weathering from temperature changes be least common why?
jamiaca
Where on earth would physical weathering from temperature changes be least common?
Jamaica
What type of weathering need temperature changes to make them happen?
Onion-Skin
What is the process by which rock is broken down by wind water and temperature changes?
Weathering
How do changes caused by weathering and erosion compared to change caused by earthquakes?
Earth surface solwly over time
Chemical Weathering?
In chemical weathering, rocks are broken down, and their composition changes. Chemical weathering is caused by water, oxidation, carbon dioxide, organisms, and acid rain.
