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What kind of weathering causes burning, eating or dissolving away of rocks?

  • General weathering
  • Chemical weathering (correct)
  • Physical weathering
  • Permeable weathering
  • The agent of physical weathering in which rock is worn away by the action of other rock particles, like sand paper, is called

  • Abrasion (correct)
  • Frost wedging
  • Erosion
  • Cracking and flaking
  • The most important factors in determining the rate of weathering are

  • Rock type and climate (correct)
  • Abrasion and acids from plant roots
  • Animal actions and oxygen
  • Carbon dioxide and acid rain
  • Frost wedging causes physical weathering of rock by means of

    <p>Freezing and thawing of water</p> Signup and view all the answers

    A permeable rock weathers easily because it

    <p>Contains many small, connected air spaces</p> Signup and view all the answers

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