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प्रश्न
Discuss the role of water in the process of chemical weathering.
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उत्तर
Water plays an important role in chemical weathering. The carbon dioxide in atmosphere dissolves in rainwater and form carbonic acid and reacts with minerals in the rocks. The soluble minerals dissolve in water, such as feedspars and potash, absorb water, and become a powdery mass of clay. Similarly, soluble minerals dissolve and are removed, resulting in the breakup of the rocks. Rock salt, gypsum, and silica are examples of minerals that are highly soluble and when rainfall falls they decompose.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Distinguish between the following pair
Hydration and solution
How do animals and plants assist in weathering?
Give two differences between physical and chemical weathering.
Name the four processes involved in chemical weathering.
Describe chemical weathering, mentioning the processes involved in it.
Rewrite the following sentence, choosing the right word from the options given below:
_______ is the chemical process in which some of the minerals are dissolved by the water.
Mixing of water with the atmospheric carbon-di-oxide is known as ______.
Hydration comes under ______.
Mention the agents of chemical weathering.
This ______ generally originate from mountains.
