Question

State the main agents of biological weathering.

Answer 1

Main agents of biological weathering:

1. Animals and Insects: Animals like rabbits, worms, moles, and insects bring large quantities of fine material to the surface. Burrowing animals help to loosen the surface materials around the rocks facilitating their physical disintegration. Upon death, the decaying physical also provide many chemicals and acids for rock disintegration.
2. Vegetation: Roots of large trees reach deep into rocks and cause physical disintegration due to pressure. Most of: vegetation, however, prevents disintegration of rocks because it binds the surface layer and does not allow exposure of rocks