Practice mode Soil Science

Physical, chemical and biological weathering ____ rocks and minerals into simpler products that accumulate in place or are carried elsewhere to become soil parent material. Which word fills the gap?

Correct answer D. Both a & c

Explanation

Weathering both disintegrates rocks physically into fragments and decomposes their minerals chemically into new products, together creating soil parent material.

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