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What is weathering? What are the different means by which weathering occurs ? |
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Answer» weathering is a process of making soil by breaking of rock in small pieces . it take thousands of year to make small layer of soilits different means are..1. temperature2. vegetation3.time4.rainfall variation 5. climatic conditions Weathering involves disintegration or decay of solid rock due to change in temperature and weather and their impact on the composition of rock.Weathering may be :\tMechanical :\xa0weathering is the disintegration of rocks by mechanical forces, without chemical changes.\tChemical :\xa0weathering is the gradual decomposition of the rock owing to the reaction and combination of the constituent minerals of the rock with oxygen or carbon dioxide present in the atmosphere. In Chemical weathering the presence of water is essential. |
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