Question 15 Marks
What is physical weathering ? Describe its types.
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View full question & answer→- Rock breaking is caused by temperature, rain, snow, vegetation and human activities.
- In it their physical form changes.
- But there is no change in the chemical composition, so it is called physical erosion.
- Temperature: Exposed rocks are heated by the heat of the sun.
- Therefore, their size increases as they spread.
- At night the temperature drops.
- Thus, this action is continuous.
- The result is cracks in the rocks.
- Over time, small and large pieces of rock begin to form.
- Which is called room separation.
- Such erosion is especially common on basalt rocks.
- Minerals differ in their ability to transmit heat and shrink from cold, so dispersion and contraction are uneven,
- It is seen as particle separation.
- In rocks that are arranged one layer above another, one layer after another separates which is called layer
- This type of fission is commonly found in basalt rocks.
