Friday, October 17, 2025

Geography 12: answers to Friday 5, Oct. 17

 This week we had a Friday 4!

1.  What are the two types of weathering?

-mechanical/physical & chemical

2.  What are two things that influence weathering?

-temperature and water/precipitation

3.  Differentiate between the two types of weathering?

-physical/mechanical weathering changes the shape of the material where as chemical weathering changes the composition of the material

4.  Provide two examples of one of the types of weathering?

physical/mechanical:  frost shattering & frost heaving in the roads or up in the pass splitting rocks or trees root systems splitting rocks, or abrasion creating things like hoodoos around Kamloops

chemical:  oxidation like copper turning green eg statue of liberty, rust coloured water from the iron in the soil/rock eg paint pots in Kootney National park

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