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WEATHERING
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Titile (binary/octet-stream)
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BY: NOHA ALI |
| What does weathering mean? | Weathering means wearing away or breaking rocks in a long period of time. |
| What does mechanical weathering mean? | Mechanical weathering means the process of breaking big rocks into little ones or in other words rocks break down in smaller fragments. |
| What is mechanical weathering caused by? |
It is caused by rain, wind, ice, heat and plants.
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Ice (binary/octet-stream)
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| What is another word for mechanical weathering? | Physical Weathering. |
| What does chemical weathering mean? | Chemical weathering is the weakening and subsequent disintegration of rock. |
| What is chemical weathering caused by? | Chemical weathering is caused by rain water reacting with the mineral grain in rocks to form new minerals and soluble salts. |
| What is the difference between mechanical weathering and chemical weathering? | 1. Chemical weathering involves a chemical change in at least some of the minerals within a rock. 2.Mechanical weathering involves physically breaking rocks into fragments without changing the chemical make-up of the minerals within it |
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