 Our earth is made up rocks

 Rocks are composed minerals

 Our earth itself is changing

 Rocks are getting changed

 The process of disintegration and
decomposition of rock in generally called
weathering .
 Composition and structure of rock

 Nature of ground slope

 Climatic variations

 Floral effects
 Wind
 Glacier
 Running water
 Sea waves
 Underground water
 Physical weathering

 Chemical weathering

 Biological weathering
 Also known as mechanical weathering

 It is caused by the change temperature

 Due to expansion and contraction
rocks break up
 Physical weathering-
 physical weathering is rocks, soil and
minerals being slowly broken down or
broken apart by the Earth's environment
such as pressure, temperature, water and
ice
Physical weathering happen due to the process of:

 Changing of temperature

 Freezing action of water

 Roots growing plants which disintegrate rocks

 Decomposition and disintegration of
rocks due to chemical reaction

 Water causing a change in the chemical

composition of rocks
 The action of plants and animals
leads to breaking of rocks

 Roots causing disintegration of rocks

 The roots of the trees penetrate into

the cracks of the rocks
 Weathering leads to soil formation

 There are three types: physical, chemical

and biological weathering

 Topography, climate, characteristic of

rocks etc. influence weathering