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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
What are the main types of chemical weathering?
What do you understand by controlled grazing?
Give two differences between physical and chemical weathering.
Describe chemical weathering, mentioning the processes involved in it.
Name the gases involved in the process of chemical weathering.
Rewrite the following sentence, choosing the right word from the options given below:
_______ occurs when the water itself combines chemically with some element or mineral.
Distinguish between the following :
Granular Disintegration and Block Disintegration.
Hydration comes under ______.
Mention the agents of chemical weathering.
Distinguish between
Oxidation and Carbonation
