Question

Write a brief note on weathering

Answer 1

Weathering is the breaking down of rocks , soil, and minerals as well as wood and artificial materials through contact with the Earth's atmosphere, water, and biological organisms. Weathering occurs on site, that is, in the same place, with little or no movement, and thus should not be confused with erosion, which involves the movement of rocks and minerals by agents such as water, ice, snow, wind, waves and gravity and then being transported and deposited in other locations.

Answer 2

Weathering:

• It is a process of physical degradation of solid natural bodies that are exposed to the atmosphere, water, sun, and organism in the surrounding.

• The natural agents like fast winds, flowing our pouring water, extreme heat. etc., make the rocks and other solid material vulnerable to lose particles of their surface causing them to weather down.

• Through continuous weathering, a rock may undergo physical and chemical changes. This can cause it to deform permanently.

• The word 'weathering' comes from the action that the weather performs on the bodies exposed to it.