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Mechanical Weathering A student activity with teacher's sheet, to give the students an opportunity to realize that all rocks weather mechanically and each specific rock type has its own particular rate of weathering. Mechanical weathering is the process of breaking down bedrock into smaller fragments by physical as opposed to chemical means. Rock weathering, although it seems to occur ever so slowly in human terms, is an extremely significant part of the rock cycle. Weathered rock materials are called sediments and a |
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