Question

Geography students in your school are planning to carry out a field study on rock weathering around your school.

1. Apart from crystal growth, name five other mechanical weathering processes they are likely to study in the area.
2. Which three problems are you likely to experience while collecting the data in the field? 

Answer 1

1.  
   1. • Pressure release / unloading / sheeting
      • Slaking
      • Exfoliation
      • Granular disintegration
      • Block disintegration
2.  
   1. Trouble in identifying some weathering processes.
   2. Fatigue due to too much working on rocky places
   3. Attack from animals commonly found on rocks