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    Mechanical weathering breaks rocks into smaller pieces without changing their chemical composition. This includes processes like exfoliation, frost wedging, and root wedging that cause rocks to crack and flake. Chemical weathering alters the molecular structure of rocks through chemical reactions involving water, oxygen, and carbon dioxide. These reactions are most active in warm, wet climates. Weathering breaks down bedrock into regolith and further into soil layers with varying particle sizes like sand, silt, and clay.

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    Weathering and soils

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    Chp 12 Weathering and Soils

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    Mechanical weathering breaks rocks into smaller pieces without changing their chemical composition. This includes processes like exfoliation, frost wedging, and root wedging that cause rocks to crack and flake. Chemical weathering alters the molecular structure of rocks through chemical reactions involving water, oxygen, and carbon dioxide. These reactions are most active in warm, wet climates. Weathering breaks down bedrock into regolith and further into soil layers with varying particle sizes like sand, silt, and clay.

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    Mechanical Weathering Breaks Rocks Into Sediment

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    Mechanical weathering breaks rocks into smaller pieces without changing their chemical composition. This includes processes like exfoliation, frost wedging, and root wedging that cause rocks to crack and flake. Chemical weathering alters the molecular structure of rocks through chemical reactions involving water, oxygen, and carbon dioxide. These reactions are most active in warm, wet climates. Weathering breaks down bedrock into regolith and further into soil layers with varying particle sizes like sand, silt, and clay.

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    MechanicalWeathering=nochangeinrockcomposition

    BigRocks>Littlerocks>Sediment>Soil

    pg258

    pg260

    lys

    c. Limestone CavesBoilingSprings

    RootWedgingpg259

    1
    Exfoliation

    2
    Precipitation
    Temperature

    Chemicalreactionsworkbestinwarm,wetclimes

    CalciumSilicaOxidescementsediments
    together
    B

    Igneousrocks
    weathermore
    easily

    MtSeashoreRiverbedFieldVolcano

    Texture
    Sand116mmto2mm
    Silt1256mmto116mm
    Claysmallerthan1256mm

    3
    4
    Regolith

    Humus

    TopSoil Darkersoil=moreorganic

    Minerals
    CLAY

    Transported=broughtinfromsomeotherlocation
    Residual=formedfromBedrock

    5
    PointA:
    Sand=65%
    Silt=20%
    Clay=15%

    A
    C
    E

    6
    Plantsreduce
    soilerosion

    SteepLand=
    thinsoil

    Biomes

    Weathering>ErosionDeposition

    Snow
    Earth
    Mud
    Rock

    Deposition=buildsuptheland

    FastorSlow
    Whatmoves?
    Howfastitmoves
    Howitmoves

    FallSlidesFlows

    Freefalling
    Slipsslidesdownhill Liquid

    7
    Slump
    Fast/Rapid

    AngleofRepose=
    stableangleofaslope

    Creep

    8
    Rock

    Volcanoes=Lahar

    MostCommon

    Tundra/Arctic

    Gravitycausesmotionbutitself
    isnotinmotion

    9
    10
    11
    Question42:

    Question43:

    Question45

    Question44

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