Question

List the four main agents of physical weathering.
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Answer 1

Answer:

Physical weathering, also known as mechanical weather, is the process of rocks and minerals on Earth's surface breaking down or dissolving as a result of water, ice, salt, plants, animals or changes in temperature.

Answer 2

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Physical Weathering

• Frost wedging. Frost wedging happens when water filling a crack freezes and expands (as it freezes, water expands 8 to 11% in volume over liquid water). ...
• Heat/Cold Cycles. ...
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