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Understanding Rock Weathering Processes

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Understanding Rock Weathering Processes

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GOOD MORNING!

HOW ROCKS
UNDERGO
WEATHERING
WHAT IS
WEATHERING?
WEATHERING

ORGANIC PHYSICAL CHEMICAL


WEATHERING WEATHERING WEATHERING
WEATHERING

■ Is a term which describes the general process by which


rocks are broken down at all the Earth’s surface into such
things as sediments, clays, soils and substances that are
dissolved in water.
■ Is the process were rock is dissolved, worn away or broken
down into smaller and smaller pieces.
ORGANIC Tree roots, because of their size, cause a
WEATHERING significant amount of biological
weathering.

Weeds pushing through road surfaces or


cracks in boulders can expand gaps in the
rock. These gaps fill with water. When the
water freezes, the roads or boulders crack.

Lichen (fungi and algae living together in a


symbiotic relationship) can cause a great deal
of weathering. Chemicals produced by fungi can
break down the minerals in rocks.
PHYSICAL
WEATHERING

Water collects in rock crack

Water freezes and expands, forcing


crack to widen

Ice thaws, contracts and water gets


deeper into cracks again

Repeated expansion and contraction


causes further cracks until rock splits.
CHEMICAL
WEATHERING

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