Chemical and Mechanical Weathering

Question	Answer
Chemical weathering example	Carbonation!
Full name of CO2	Carbon Dioxide
Example of Mechanical Weathering	Freeze-Thaw Action
How much water expands when it freezes	10%
Weathering and erosion are both examples of...	Denudation
The small rocks that are made from freeze thaw action are known as	Scree
Where do you find scree	Bottom of hills and mountains
Type of acid that acid rain is?	Weak Carbonic Acid
This dissolves in limestone during carbonation	Calcium carbonate
Word meaning: water can pass through it	Permeable
Vertical crack in Limestone	Joint
Horizontal cracks in Limestone	Bedding PLanes

Resource summary

	Created by Iarla Donlon over 6 years ago