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How things begin to wear away.
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Weatheringthe breakdown of rock at or near the earth’s surface into smaller and smaller pieces…
Weatheringthe breakdown of rock at or near the earth’s surface into smaller and smaller pieces…
Mechanical or Physical Weathering
Happens when rock is broken or weakened by physical processes; the make up of the rock itself is not changed, it only becomes smaller
Tree RootsFrost Wedging
Physical Weathering from plant roots on the Duckabush River in the Olympic Mountains in Olympic National Park in Washington
Mount Rushmore
Chemical WeatheringA change occurs in the mineral make up of the rock, or the minerals are combined with new chemical elements
Water and CO2 most important factors – combine to make carbonic acid, a weak solution that dissolves away rocks
Wetter and warmer climates promote a faster process of chemical weathering
Acid Rain
occurs when chemicals in the atmosphere combine with water vapor and fall back to earth’s surface as rain and...
Destroys forests
Eats away surfaces of stone buildings or
monuments, and rock formations
Pollutes water
Causes of Acid Rain...
Industrial Pollution
Volcanic Ash
Some Obvious Effects of the Weathering Process...
Old Stone Structures Rock FormationsMountains worn from
Jagged Peaks