Question

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

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

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.