WEATHERING OF
ROCKS
4TH QUARTER, LESSON 1
WEATHERING
It is the breaking down or dissolving of
rocks and minerals on Earth’s surface,
causes by rainwater, extremes of
temperature, and biological activities
that turns the rock into small pieces.
Physical Weathering
breaks apart rocks without changing
their chemical properties caused by the
effects of changing temperature on
rocks, causing the rock to break apart.
The process is sometimes assisted by
water.
Chemical Weathering
•is the breaking up of rocks due to a
change in their chemical
composition. Agents of chemical
weathering includes acids and
oxygen that can weaken
rocks/statue.
Biological Weathering
•is weathering caused by plants and
animals. Plants and animals release acid
forming chemicals that cause
weathering and also contribute to the
breaking down of rocks and land forms.
AGENTS OF WEATHERING
•Plants may break down rocks. Some
plants grow on rocks. When they die and
decay, they give off acid which slowly
breaks them down. Roots of plants may
find their way into cracks become wider,
this can cause the rock to break apart.
• Man and animals help in breaking rocks are
digging mountains and rocky places for
mining and quarrying activities. Animals’
breakdown rocks with their claws and
hooves as they move around and their
waste materials help in the decay of rocks.
• Weather elements also help in breaking down
rocks. The alternate heating and cooling of rocks
for a long time cause them to break apart. When
the wind blows, it picks up sand and hurts them
against the rocks, as they hit the rocks, the rocks
wear away. Fast moving water carrying soil and
bigger ocean waves crash onto the shore and
pound against big rocks causing the, to break
down into smaller pieces. These are only some if
the forces that help in breaking down of rocks.
Read pages 154-156
Explain how the following contribute to
weathering.
1. Wind –
2. Water-
3. Temperature – Answer
Let’s Check
4. Plants –
on page 157
5. Humans -
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