earth n life Flashcards
ARE PROCESSES THAT TAKE PLACE AT OR NEAR THE EARTH’S SURFACE THAT MAKES THE SURFACE WEAR AWAY
Exogenic Processes
THEY
ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DEGRADATION AND
SCULPTING THE EARTH’S SURFACE.
Exogenic Processes
types of exogenic Processes
• Weathering
• Erosion
• Mass Wasting
• Sedimentation
the process that breaks down rock into smaller pieces
Weathering
happens when rock is physically
broken into smaller pieces.
physical weathering
factors that affect physical weathering
- Ice Wedging
- Release of Pressure
- Growth of Plants
- Animals
- Abrasion
H2O seeps in rock, expands, crack rocks into smaller pieces.
ICE WEDGING
Surface rock erodes, rock flakes like onion layers.
RELEASE OF PRESSURE
Roots grow into cracks and push rocks apart
GROWTH OF PLANTS
Burrow and push apart rock.
ANIMALS
Sand and rock carried by wind, water, ice wears away surface rock when
rocks collide. Most common in windy areas
ABRASION
Types of Weathering
• Physical Weathering
• Chemical Weathering
is the process of breaking
down rock through chemical changes.
chemical weathering
examples of chemical weathering
decaying and the composition
factors that affect chemical weathering
• Water
• Oxygen
• Carbon Dioxide
• Living Organisms
• Acid Rain
it dissolves rock chemically
WATER
universal solvent
water
Rocks that has iron in it mixes with oxygen and rusts
OXYGEN
CO2 dissolves in rainwater and weathers marble and limestone
CARBON DIOXIDE
Acids from plants and roots chemically weather rock.
LIVING ORGANISMS
Air pollution reacts with clouds and falls on rock as acid rain.
ACID RAIN
refers to the disintegration or disaggregation of rocks by physically breaking them apart
physical weathering
refers to the decomposition of rocks and minerals as chemical reactions after them into new substances
chemical weathering