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"Weathering" is primarily caused by water.
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What force causes rock to change to a new substance?
Weathering
Which substance is most resistance to weathering?
give example of a real life situation where a substance's resisrance to weathering might make a difference
What type of weathering causes root wedging?
Biological hydraulic weathering.
What kind of weathering causes mineral composition of rock to change?
Chemical weathering
What type of weathering does plant cause?
Biological. General rule, anything alive which causes weathering is biological weathering.
What is the process of erosion and how is it related to weathering?
Weathering breaks up the substance, and erosion causes it to move.
What force causes rock to change to a new substance?
Weathering
What causes chemical weatering?
Chemical weathering is caused by chemical reactions in the substance, for example, when oxidation causes rusting.
What are the six major causes of mechanical weathering?
Mechanical weathering - Disintegration - breaks down into smaller pieces, no new substance. Frost Action, Abrasion, Gravity, Organic Activity, Wetting and Drying, and Joint Sheeting are the six major causes of mechanical weathering.
What are causes of weathering called?
the causes of weathering are water, wind, and ice. -your welcome.
What are two causes of physical weathering?
Gravity and water are two causes of physical weathering.
What are the 7 main causes of weathering?
There are many causes of weathering. Some of the main causes of weathering are:Thermal stressFrost weatheringOcean wavesPressure releaseSalt-crystal growthBiological effects
What kind of weathering causes iron?
physical weathering
What type of weathering causes exfoliation?
Mechanical weathering.
What causes the breakdown of rocks?
WEATHERING and EROSION
Is ice wedging physical weathering or chemical weathering?
Ice wedging is physical weathering. As water freezes it grows, so when water flows into cracks or holes and then freezes it causes the water to expand, which brakes apart whatever it seeped into.
What chemical weathering called oxidation causes and nbsp?
what chemical weathering called oxidation causes
