Question

The slow formation of clays and thin soils in the desert is due to _ _ _ __.

a. mechanical weathering
b. rainless winters
c. decaying plants
d. chemical weathering.

Answer 1

The slow formation of clays and thin soils in the desert is due to D. chemical weathering, which forms these thin soils over a long period of time.

Answer 2

The correct answer is D. Chemical weathering.

The slow formation of thin soils and clays in the desert is because of chemical weathering.

Chemical weathering is caused by rain water which reacts with mineral grains in rocks to form new minerals.

It occurs in higher temperature therefore dump and warm climates are the best.

Chemical weathering is of rock, oxidation which is the breakdown of rock by oxygen and water.