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Today’s Objective: Today’s Objective: Be able to explain the difference between mechanical & chemical
WEATHERINGWEATHERING.Science Starter: Read the Article on POTHOLES!
Mark the text-this paper is science starter for next few days!
In margin write a 1-2 sentence explanation about how water creates potholes!
Glue CHART for notes on right 48, VOCAB on LEFT 48
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Science Starter1.Which choice below is not an example of mechanical weathering?A.ExfoliationB.AbrasionC.RustingD.Ice Wedging
2. What type of weathering is shown in the picture? Mechanical or chemical, and why?
** Rate yourself on how well you know weathering (1 to 4)
Take Weathering Walk sheet out; get Grand Canyon Reading and questions from front
table!
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WEATHERING
Definition: The physical and chemical processes that break down rocks
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What is Mechanical Weathering?
Rocks physically broken apart into sediment (but composition
does NOT change)
Increases surface area (lots of crushed broken pieces)
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MECHANICAL WEATHERING• MOST IMPORTANT IN OUR CLIMATE
FROST ACTION / ICE WEDGING
ALTERNATE FREEZE AND THAW
Water expands when frozen, breaking apart rock
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ROCKS ARE CRACKED BY WATER FREEZING
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EXAMPLES: POT HOLES,Cracks in walkways, roads
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Frost action also called Ice Wedging
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MECHANICAL WEATHERING - ABRASION
Wearing down rocks by friction of water or wind
WATER WIND
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Abrasion
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Pressure Release & Exfoliation
-Earth’s forces push down on rocks, so when it’s unearthed pressure off rock causes it to expand & crack
EXFOLIATION –layers of rock gradually break off like layers of an onion being peeled
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EXFOLIATION
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MECHANICAL WEATHERING – PLANT ROOT ACTION
PLANT ROOTS UPLIFT AND SPLIT/ BREAK ROCK
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Plant Root Growth
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ANIMALS
• Animals that burrow in ground can cause weathering
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GRAVITY
• Falling of rocks causes breaking
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What is Chemical Weathering?
Breakdown of rocks by chemical reactions that change the
composition of rocks
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HydrolysisFeldspar +Water = Clay
Feldspar
A Clay Cliff
OCCURS WHEN Water combines with minerals – most often in granite (mica and feldspars) to form CLAY
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CARBONATION (causes dissolving)CARBONATION (causes dissolving)rainwater containing carbon dioxide dissolves
minerals (all rain water is slightly acidic)
Most strongly affected are calcite minerals:
limestone and marble
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CARBONATIONCARBONATION
Stalagmites and stalactites
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CARBONATION – CARBONATION – SINK HOLESSINK HOLES
-forms caves, caverns,
and sinkholes
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CAVES AND SINK HOLES
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RUSTING-OXIDATIONRUSTING-OXIDATIONOXIDATION OCCURS when oxygen
combines chemically with iron to form iron oxide
AKA RUST
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Rusting
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Plant AcidAcids formed by decay of plants can eat away at rocks
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Dissolving-ACID RAINsulfuric acid-pollution in air dissolves in
rainwater and eats away at buildings & rocks
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Acid RainAcid RainThis is a monument called Cleopatra’s Needle. It was
carved in Egypt around 1450B.C. The sides are carved with hieroglyphs, the writing of ancient Egypt. It stood in the dry, hot Egyptian desert for over 3000 years. During that time, the hieroglyphs remained distinct.
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Weathering
• In 1800, the monument was moved to New York City. Almost immediately, the hieroglyphs began to fade. In only a few years in the wet and variable climate of New York, the Egyptian writing became indistinct!
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• Cleopatra’s Needle was carved from granite, a hard tough, crystalline rock.
• Although it is tough, granite is changed by the atmosphere.
• Some of the minerals that make up granite change to clay.
• Chips and flakes of minerals break away from the granite surface.
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WHAT KIND OF CLIMATE WHAT KIND OF CLIMATE SUPPORTS WEATHERING?SUPPORTS WEATHERING?
COLD →→→→→→→→→→ HOT
HIGH
PPT
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↑
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↑LOW
PPT
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CLIMATE CONTROLS WEATHERING
PHYSICAL WEATHERING:
COLD AND MOIST
ALTERNATE FREEZE / THAW
CHEMICAL WEATHERING:
WARM AND MOIST (just like a chemical reaction)
IN BOTH CASES – WATER IS THE PRIMARY IN BOTH CASES – WATER IS THE PRIMARY INGREDIENT THAT PROMOTES WEATHERINGINGREDIENT THAT PROMOTES WEATHERING
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THE END PRODUCTS OF WEATHERING
CALLED SEDIMENTS OR SOIL
SOIL: a combination of sediment, rock minerals, and humus (organic material from biologic activity)
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WEATHERING SUMMARY
• PHYSICAL WEATHERING – INCREASES SURFACE AREA - COLD/HUMID CLIMATE
• CHEMICAL WEATHERING – WARM/HUMID CLIMATE
• IN BOTH CASES, WATER IS THE PRIMARY INGREDIENT
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