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Lesson 5

EXOGENIC
PROCESSES
Weathering
Erosion and Weathering Agents
Key Question:
1. What is weathering and
erosion
2. What are the agents of
weathering and erosion?
The earth’s surface is composed of water and
landmasses. The solid portion is made from rocks
and minerals that could experience changes either
physically or chemically. The weathered materials
are transported by different agents from one place
to another and will settle down in a particular area.
These progressions that happen is achieved by
forms called exogenic processes. It includes
weathering, erosion, and deposition.
Rock Cycle
It is a series of process that
create and transform the
types of rocks in Earth’s
crust.
Rocks when exposed to the
environment tend to break
down. It is said that rocks
experience weathering.
Weathering
- is the process of
disintegration (physical) and
decomposition (chemical) of
rocks; breaking down of rocks
into smaller particles
2 types Weathering
(1)Mechanical (Physical Weathering)

(2)Chemical Weathering
(1)Mechanical (Physical Weathering)

Breaking down of rocks without


changing its composition.
(1)Mechanical (Physical Weathering)
Mechanical Weathering
Factors
❑PRESSURE
❑TEMPERATURE
❑FROST WEDGING
❑ABRASION
❑ORGANIC ACTIVITY
❑HUMAN ACTIVITIES
❑BURROWING ANIMALS
❑PRESSURE

-squeeze the spaces out of


minerals within the rock
❑TEMPERATURE
Most materials expand
when they are heated, and
contract when they are
cooled.
❑FROST WEDGING
splitting or breaking-up of
rocks by the pressure of
frozen water (ice) in cracks
in the rocks.
❑ABRASION
is the rubbing, scouring,
or scraping of rocks
through friction.
❑ORGANIC ACTIVITY
The roots grow causing
penetration into the crack,
expand, and in the long run,
break the rock.
❑HUMAN ACTIVITIES
Activities such as digging,
quarrying, denuding forests and
cultivating land contribute to
physical weathering.
❑BURROWING ANIMALS

-animals dig holes that


expose new rocks to the
effects of weathering
Animals like rats, rabbits and
squirrels excavate into the ground
to create a space for habitation.
(2) Chemical weathering

- there are changes in the


composition of rocks due to
chemical reaction.
Chemical weathering
Chemical Weathering
Factors
❑DISSOLUTION
❑HYDROLYSIS
❑OXIDATION
❑DISSOLUTION

-rocks or minerals are


dissolved by water
❑HYDROLYSIS
-breaking down of rocks
by acidic water to
produce clay and soluble
salts.
❑OXIDATION

-when water and oxygen mix


with iron it creates rust.
Carbon Dioxide
• Dissolve in rain
water and produces
carbonic acid

•This carbonic acid


easily weathers
marbles and
limestone.
EROSION
-is the separation and removal of
weathered rocks due to different
agents like water, wind, and ice
that causes transportation of the
minerals to where they’re
deposited.
Flowing water
-running water flows naturally
in a direction according to
gravity along the slope and
makes its own way .
Mass Wasting
-is the movement of sediments
downslope under the influence of
gravity
-FALL -SLIDE -FLOW
-AVALANCHE
DEPOSITION
-isthe process in which the
weathered materials carried
out by erosion settle down in
a particular location.
Soil is a product of
exogenic processes
that is an essential
factor for life and
cycles in nature to
continue.
Soil is an essential component of the
earth’s crust. It enabled life to exist and
provides the services necessary for
human survival. What is the effect of
soil erosion? What will you do to protect
the community?

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