Question

Explain weathering in your best words.​

Answer 1

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: $\implies$ The Several naturally-occurring processes influence the world that we see around us, and that's why the terrain and the sea are diverse. Be it because of rains, snow, wind, or sunshine, the rocks break down or disintegrate into smaller units. Such a process, in its elaborate form, is called weathering.

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The causes of weathering can be the effect of continuous biological, chemical, and physical processes, as seen on rocks, wood, soils, and minerals. Often confused with erosion that occurs with the movement of rocks, soil, minerals via water, gravity, snow, wind, weathering, on the other hand, only occurs in rocks, soil, and minerals that stay in one place.

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• Chemical Weathering: Some prominent chemical weathering examples would include oxidation, the salinity of seawater, etc.

• Physical Weathering: Among the most commonly found tangible weathering examples are ice wedging, growing of plant roots in rock cracks.

• Biological Weathering: As interesting as these types of weathering is, one example would be that of lichens that are found in rocks, causing it to open and be more vulnerable to weathering.