Question

What is the process in which a plant grows into the base of a stone monument and creating crack on it?

Answer 1

$QUESTION:$

• What is the process in which a plant grows into the base of a stone monument and creating crack on it?

$ANSWER & EXPLANATION:$

• Erosion.
• A root growing into the base of a stone monument and creating a crack is an example of weathering, while melting snow that drags the broken pieces of rock away is a form of erosion. These processes work together to damage stone monuments over time.

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• Mechanical Weathering: The process of breaking big rocks into little ones.

Answer 2

Weathering is the process in which a plant grows into the base of a stone monument and creating crack on it.

• Some agents of weathering are plants, animals, temperature change, acid, water, salt, ice, etc.
• Exposed surface of landscapes are washed away by weathering and erosion.
• Weathering is of three types namely,

1. Mechanical weathering
2. Chemical weathering
3. Biological weathering