Weathering Notes by Damian Nernberger https://padlet.com/dnernberger/r5hw9emr2qbw 7.1 en-us 2017-12-05 15:46:32 UTC 2017-12-06 16:51:50 UTC hello@padlet.com Plants and Animals dnernberger https://padlet.com/dnernberger/r5hw9emr2qbw/wish/213355007 Plants grow from the water that seeps through the cracks of rocks. As animals burrow in the ground, sediments get loose and push them to the surface where other weathering processes can occur.
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]]> 2017-12-05 16:04:57 UTC https://padlet.com/dnernberger/r5hw9emr2qbw/wish/213360887 Surface Area dnernberger https://padlet.com/dnernberger/r5hw9emr2qbw/wish/213363425 When plants, animals, and ice wedging reduces rocks to smaller pieces.]]> 2017-12-05 16:08:51 UTC https://padlet.com/dnernberger/r5hw9emr2qbw/wish/213363425 Natural Acids dnernberger https://padlet.com/dnernberger/r5hw9emr2qbw/wish/213364951 When naturally formed acids weather rocks chemically or when naturally formed acids come in contact with other rocks.
]]> 2017-12-05 16:11:15 UTC https://padlet.com/dnernberger/r5hw9emr2qbw/wish/213364951 Oxygen dnernberger https://padlet.com/dnernberger/r5hw9emr2qbw/wish/213368802 2017-12-05 16:17:47 UTC https://padlet.com/dnernberger/r5hw9emr2qbw/wish/213368802 Plant Acids dnernberger https://padlet.com/dnernberger/r5hw9emr2qbw/wish/213369484 When decaying plants give off acids, they dissolve minerals in rocks and break down into smaller pieces.
]]> 2017-12-05 16:18:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dnernberger/r5hw9emr2qbw/wish/213369484 Oxygen dnernberger https://padlet.com/dnernberger/r5hw9emr2qbw/wish/213782266 Oxygen can also help with chemical weathering because with water it cau
ses rust.]]> 2017-12-06 16:29:30 UTC https://padlet.com/dnernberger/r5hw9emr2qbw/wish/213782266 Effects of Rock Types dnernberger https://padlet.com/dnernberger/r5hw9emr2qbw/wish/213785149 The rock type can affect the rate of weathering in a particular climate.
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