Boo weathering
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Weathering By: Maggie
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Weathering
By: Maggie
Exfoliation
Some buried rocks are changed when heavy layers of the rock wear away. of the once-buried granite expand more than the layersBelow. This causes the outer layer of the rock to peel off.
Chemical Weathering
A rock can break downwhen minerals in the rockchanges chemically. When these changes happen, chemical weathering takes place.
when Carbon Dioxide and rainwater combine it makes carbonic acid.
Carbonic Acid
Horizon
Humus
Physical Weathering
When plants get into rocks and start to grow.
Abrasion
This is a wind abrasion.