Weathering
Mechanical and Chemical
Mechanical and Chemical weathering
This is about weathering with chemical and mechanical weathering. Mechanical weathering only breaks rocks. Chemical weathering breaks bonds of rocks.
Mechanical Weathering
Ice Wedging
This is a picture of ice wedging. It's where ice breaks rock and is mechanical weathering.
Abrasion
This is a picture of abrasion. It's also part of mechanical weathering.
Actions of Animals
This is a picture of an animal burrowing. The way it's mechanical weathering is because it's about an animal burrowing through dirt and rocks.
Root action
This is about root action. It's part of mechanical weathering because the tree is breaking the rocks.
Exfoliation
This is exfoliation. It's the final mechanical weathering.
Chemical Weathering
Hydrolysis and oxidation
These two both are rust on things and are both chemical weathering.
Living organisms
This is the only living organism in chemical weathering. They are lichens.
Acid Precipitation
It's like sand going to your eyes but it's not happening like that. It can make rocks weaken a little by acid precipitation. It's also in the chemical weathering.
Carbon Dioxide
This is the final chemical weathering. It's a little bit like acid precipitation.
Meet the Writer
This is me, Jerico Yandoc, and I typed this page on smore.com. I hope that this weathering page will help you learn more about life of both mechanical and chemical weathering.