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    Biological weathering occurs when living organisms break down and alter rocks through physical and chemical means. Organisms like plants, animals, and microbes contribute to rock breakdown over time through physical actions like root penetration, burrowing, and nesting that break rocks apart. They also produce acids and other chemical compounds that weaken rocks through decomposition, facilitating their disintegration. Examples of biological weathering include roots penetrating cracks, insects creating tunnels, fungi producing acids, and bacteria releasing carbon dioxide to form acids.

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    Biological weathering occurs when living organisms break down and alter rocks through physical and chemical means. Organisms like plants, animals, and microbes contribute to rock breakdown over time through physical actions like root penetration, burrowing, and nesting that break rocks apart. They also produce acids and other chemical compounds that weaken rocks through decomposition, facilitating their disintegration. Examples of biological weathering include roots penetrating cracks, insects creating tunnels, fungi producing acids, and bacteria releasing carbon dioxide to form acids.

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    Biological weathering occurs when living organisms break down and alter rocks through physical and chemical means. Organisms like plants, animals, and microbes contribute to rock breakdown over time through physical actions like root penetration, burrowing, and nesting that break rocks apart. They also produce acids and other chemical compounds that weaken rocks through decomposition, facilitating their disintegration. Examples of biological weathering include roots penetrating cracks, insects creating tunnels, fungi producing acids, and bacteria releasing carbon dioxide to form acids.

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    Biological weathering occurs when living organisms break down and alter rocks through physical and chemical means. Organisms like plants, animals, and microbes contribute to rock breakdown over time through physical actions like root penetration, burrowing, and nesting that break rocks apart. They also produce acids and other chemical compounds that weaken rocks through decomposition, facilitating their disintegration. Examples of biological weathering include roots penetrating cracks, insects creating tunnels, fungi producing acids, and bacteria releasing carbon dioxide to form acids.

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    BIOLOGICAL WEATHERING

    occurs when biological agents


    play a role in breaking down
    rocks through various
    mechanisms

    in which living organisms, such as


    plants, animals, and
    microorganisms, contribute to
    breakdown and alteration of
    rocks and minerals over time.
    EXAMPLES
    ROOT ACTION BURROWING & NESTING
    Roots penetrate cracks in rocks and breaks Insects, rodents etc. create tunnels
    it apart with force and pressure and chambers within rocks and soil
    EXAMPLES
    MICROBIAL ACTIVITY LICHEN GROWTH
    produce acids and other chemical Colonize surface of rocks, producing weak
    compounds that can weaken rocks organic acids that dissolve minerals and
    disintegration physical breakdown of rock
    2 Classifications of
    Biological Weathering
    PHYSICAL MEANS & CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS
    BIOLOGICAL WEATHERING

    BY PHYSICAL MEANS
    refers to the breakdown and Insects creating holes in
    alteration of rocks and rocks and humans
    minerals through the direct indirectly contribute bye
    physical actions of living different activities that
    organisms causes rocks to break
    EXAMPLES
    BURROWING FROST HUMANS
    ROOTS ORGANISMS
    repeated freezing & thawing indirectly contributes to
    Roots penetrate cracks in insects create tunnels in of water within cracks lead to biological weathering by
    rocks and breaks it apart rocks, contributing to their expansion & contraction of different activities that cause
    disintegration. rocks, causing fractures rocks to break
    BIOLOGICAL WEATHERING

    BY CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS
    breakdown of rocks and result in the decomposition,
    minerals through the weakening the rocks and
    chemical compounds facilitating their
    produced by living disintegration
    organisms
    EXAMPLES
    FUNGI IRON BACTERIA BACTERIAS & FUNGUS
    produces citric acid dissolve produces iron minerals, releases Co2 and when dissolved in
    minerals like calcium forming rust & weakening of water, it forms carbonic acid, which
    carbonate, commonly found stone reacts with calcium carbonate that
    in limestones causes dissolving
    EARTH SCIENCE |
    WEATHERING

    BIOLOGICAL
    WEATHERING
    By Physical Means & Chemical Compounds

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