Weathering

Weathering, Global Chemical Cycles, Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks: Study Questions

1. What role does carbon dioxide play in determining the Earth's climate?

2. Where is most of Earth's carbon?

3. Why is rain acidic?

4. The diagram below was used in class to summarize some of the processes, starting material and products of weathering:

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Check out these short podcasts on plate tectonics and climate change:

Here is a great podcast about weathering and climate change from the Open University.

Here is another on the role of uplift of the Himalayan Mountains in climate change.

Here is one on plate tectonics and climate.

This one is about how carbon dioxide is cycled on geologic time scales.