Boo weathering

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Weathering By: Maggie

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Weathering

By: Maggie

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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.

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Chemical Weathering

A rock can break downwhen minerals in the rockchanges chemically. When these changes happen, chemical weathering takes place.

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when Carbon Dioxide and rainwater combine it makes carbonic acid.

Carbonic Acid

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Horizon

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Humus

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Physical Weathering

When plants get into rocks and start to grow.

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Abrasion

This is a wind abrasion.