EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -How might a weathered mountain appear different than an unweathered mountain? Weathered mountain would be taller. Weathered mountain would be rounder and less jagged.

Detailed explanation-2: -What is weathering? A process the breaks down rocks into smaller pieces. How might a weathered mountain appear different from an unweathered mountain? The weathered mountain would appear rounder in shape.

Detailed explanation-3: -Weathering The rate of weathering happens on mountains in the same way it does everywhere else. However, rocks at higher elevations, are exposed to more wind, rain, and ice than the rocks at lower elevations are. This increase in wind, rain, and ice at higher elevations causes the peaks of mountains to weather faster.

Detailed explanation-4: -Rainfall and temperature can affect the rate in which rocks weather. High temperatures and greater rainfall increase the rate of chemical weathering. 2. Rocks in tropical regions exposed to abundant rainfall and hot temperatures weather much faster than similar rocks residing in cold, dry regions.

Detailed explanation-5: -Water, ice, acids, salts, plants, animals, and changes in temperature are all agents of weathering. Once a rock has been broken down, a process called erosion transports the bits of rock and mineral away. No rock on Earth is hard enough to resist the forces of weathering and erosion.