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Earth Science Unit 3
Chemical Weathering Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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Chemical Weathering | the process that breaks down rock through chemical changes. |
Water | weathers rock by dissolving it. |
Oxygen | Iron and other metals combines with this in the presence of water in a processes called oxidation |
Rust | Product of oxidation on metals |
Green color | Product of oxidation on copper |
Carbonic acid | Eats away limestone and marble |
Carbon Dioxide | dissolves in rain water and sinks through pockets in the soil. |
Lichen | Plants that grow on rocks produce weak acids that chemically weather rock. |
Produces a weak acid | The roots of the plants and organisms |
Acid Precipitation | Compounds from burning coal, oil and gas react chemically with water forming acids produces this. |
causes very rapid chemical weathering | Acid Rain |