Question

Rain waters can be an agent of weathering. How can this process happen?

Answer 1

Answer:

hi this is because of the salts and acids in the rain water

Answer 2

Rainwater can be an agent of weathering, to be more specific, an agent of chemical weathering.

• Chemical weathering is defined as the process through which a series of changes or weathering of the mineral rocks occur due to the chemicals present in the rainwater.
• The rainwater acts as an agent of chemical weathering due to the presence of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere getting dissolved in the rainwater.
• This makes the rainwater a bit acidic.
• As soon as the acidic rainwater comes in contact with the rock, the carbon dioxide reacts with the minerals which leads to the occurrence of weathering.

Hence, the process of rainwater acting as an agent of chemical weathering has been described above.

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