85.2k views
12 votes
What is the difference between mechanical weathering and chemical weathering?? (extra points for whoever answers it first.)

User KFunk
by
5.1k points

2 Answers

7 votes
Mechanical weathering breaks rocks into smaller pieces without altering their entire composition. Whereas chemical weathering would break the entire rock down via forming new minerals
User ZSprawl
by
4.9k points
0 votes

Answer: Mechanical weathering breaks rocks into smaller pieces without changing their composition.

Chemical weathering breaks down rocks by forming new minerals that are stable at the Earth's surface.

User Gaurav Bansal
by
5.2k points