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    Physical and chemical weathering break down rock into smaller pieces. Physical weathering includes processes that cause disintegration without chemical change, such as thermal stress, frost wedging, pressure release, and salt crystal growth. Chemical weathering alters the molecular structure of rock through oxidation, carbonation, hydration, hydrolysis, and living organisms. Common agents are acid rain, carbon dioxide, water, oxygen, and plant and microbial activity. Over time, both physical and chemical weathering break down rock and turn it into soil.

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    THE Tycho Brahe Group

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    Physical and chemical weathering break down rock into smaller pieces. Physical weathering includes processes that cause disintegration without chemical change, such as thermal stress, frost wedging, pressure release, and salt crystal growth. Chemical weathering alters the molecular structure of rock through oxidation, carbonation, hydration, hydrolysis, and living organisms. Common agents are acid rain, carbon dioxide, water, oxygen, and plant and microbial activity. Over time, both physical and chemical weathering break down rock and turn it into soil.

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    Physical and chemical weathering break down rock into smaller pieces. Physical weathering includes processes that cause disintegration without chemical change, such as thermal stress, frost wedging, pressure release, and salt crystal growth. Chemical weathering alters the molecular structure of rock through oxidation, carbonation, hydration, hydrolysis, and living organisms. Common agents are acid rain, carbon dioxide, water, oxygen, and plant and microbial activity. Over time, both physical and chemical weathering break down rock and turn it into soil.

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    THE Tycho Brahe Group

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    Physical and chemical weathering break down rock into smaller pieces. Physical weathering includes processes that cause disintegration without chemical change, such as thermal stress, frost wedging, pressure release, and salt crystal growth. Chemical weathering alters the molecular structure of rock through oxidation, carbonation, hydration, hydrolysis, and living organisms. Common agents are acid rain, carbon dioxide, water, oxygen, and plant and microbial activity. Over time, both physical and chemical weathering break down rock and turn it into soil.

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    THE

    TYCHO BRAHE
    GROUP
    WEATHERING
    -The process that breaks
    down rock into smaller pieces .
    Chemica
    PHYSICAL
    WEATHERING l
    (mechanical
    weathering)
    weather
    ing
    The class of
    PHYSICAL processes that
    WEATHERIN causes the
    G
    disintegration
    (mechanical
    weathering) of rocks
    without
    chemical
    change.
    Changing of the
    molecular
    CHEMICAL
    structure of WEATHERING
    rock or soil.
    Five types of physical
    weathering
    Thermal stress weathering
    Frost weathering

    Pressure release
    Salt-crystal growth
    Biological effects
    Thermal Stress
    Weathering
    (Insolation
    weathering)
    - results from the
    expansion and
    contraction of rock,
    caused by temperature
    changes.
    EXAMPLE :

    heating of rocks by sunlight or


    fires can cause growth of their
    mineral content. . As some
    minerals expand more than
    others, temperature changes set
    up differential stresses that
    eventually cause the rock to
    crack apart.
    Thermal Stress
    Weathering
    (Insolation
    weathering)
    It is an important mechanism in deserts,
    where there is a large daily temperature
    range, hot in the day and cold at
    night. The repeated heating and cooling
    exerts stress on the outer layers of rocks,
    which can cause their outer layers to
    peel off in thin sheets.
    ADDITIONAL INFO.:

    The process of peeling off is


    EXFOLIATION.
    weathering
    (ice
    wedging or

    cyrofracture
    A )
    processes where
    ice is present.
    weathering
    (ice
    wedging or

    cyrofracture
    It usually occurs in
    mountains)or along slopes
    where the temperature is
    around the freezing point
    of water.
    Pressure release
    (unloading)
    overlying materials
    are removed which
    causes underlying
    rocks to expand and
    fracture parallel to
    the surface.
    Pressure release
    (unloading)
    When erosion removes the
    overlying rock material, these
    intrusive rocks are exposed and the
    pressure on them is released. The
    outer parts of the rocks then tend
    to expand. The expansion sets up
    stresses which cause fractures
    parallelINFO.:
    ADDITIONAL to the rock surface to form.
    . Exfoliation due to pressure release is also
    known as "sheeting".
    Salt-crystal
    growth
    (haloclasty)
    causes disintegration of rocks
    when saline solutions seep into cracks
    and joints in the rocks and evaporate,
    leaving salt crystals behind.

    ADDITIONAL INFO.:

    SALINE -relating to or containing alkali


    metal salts or magnesium salt.
    Salt-crystal
    growth
    (haloclasty)
    It is normally associated with arid
     climates where strong heating
    causes strong evaporation and
    therefore salt crystallization. It is
    also common along coasts.

    ADDITIONAL INFO.:

    ARID - with low rainfall


    regions.
    Biological
    effects
    Plants and animals can be agents of
    physical weathering. The seed of a tree
    may sprout in soil that has collected in
    a cracked rock. As the roots grow, they
    widen the cracks, eventually breaking
    the rock into pieces. Over time, trees
    can break apart even large rocks. Even
    small plants, such as mosses, can
    enlarge tiny cracks as they grow.
    Chemical
    Weathering
    Changing of the
    molecular
    structure of rock
    or soil.
    Five Types of
    Chemical Weathering
    oxidation
    carbonation

    Hydration hydrolysis

    Living or once-living organisms


    Carbonatio
    nThe process where carbon dioxide
    mixes with water.
    CO2 + H2O → H2CO3
    carbon dioxide + water →
    This produces a weak acid, carbonic acid
    called carbonic acid, that
    can dissolve rock. Carbonic acid is
    especially effective at
    dissolving limestone. When carbonic acid
    pass through limestone underground, it
    can open up huge cracks or hollow out
    large networks of caves. 
    Oxidati
    on
    It works on rocks with iron.

    These rocks turn to rust in a


    process called oxidation.
    Rust is a compound created by the
    interaction of oxygen and iron in
    the presence of water. As rust
    expands, it weakens rock and
    helps break it apart.
    hydrat
    ion
    the chemical bonds of the mineral
    are changed as it interacts with
    water.
    Olivine weathering to 
    iddingsite within a 
    mantle xenolith

    One instance of hydration occurs as


    the mineral anhydrite reacts
    with groundwater. The water
    transforms anhydrite into gypsum,
    one of the most common minerals
    on Earth.
    hydroly
    sis
    the process of hydrolysis, a
    new solution (a mixture of two or
    more substances) is formed as
    chemicals in rock interact with water.

    EXAMPLE, sodium minerals


    interact with water to form a
    saltwater solution.
    Living
    organisms
    The decaying remains of
    plants and some fungi form
    carbonic acid, which can
    weaken and dissolve rock.
    Some bacteria can weather
    rock in order to
    access nutrients such as
    magnesium or potassium.
    Weathering is a
    natural
    process, but
    human
    activities can
    Acid rain
    Acid rain has also damaged many historic
    buildings and monuments. For example,
    at 71 meters (233 feet) tall, the Leshan
    Giant Buddha at Mount Emei, China is the
    world’s largest statue of the Buddha. It
    was carved 1,300 years ago and sat
    unharmed for centuries.
    An innovative drainage system mitigates
    the natural process of erosion. But in
    recent years, acid rain has turned the
    statue’s nose black and made some of its
    Group members :
    Merclloyd Putoy
    Janna Abbegail Punay
    Kendra Cartoneros
    Kenneth Jeams Gorre
    Shaina Feji

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