Weathering Lab Follow Up

Lab 1 – Carbonated Water with Rocks

· What does the carbonated water approximate in the real world?

· What type of weathering does this model?

Lab 2 – Vinegar and Copper Pennies

· What does the vinegar approximate in the real world?

· What does the copper penny approximate?

Lab 3 – Antacid Tablets in Water

· What type of weathering did you approximate by smashing one of the tablets?

· How did smashing the tablet affect the rate of weathering?

· How does this relate to the weathering of rocks?

Lab 4 – Vinegar and Chalk

· What does the chalk represent in the real world?

· What does the vinegar approximate in the real world?

· What type of weathering does this model?

Lab 6 – Tap Water and Steel Wool

· What does the steel wool approximate in the real world?

· What type of weathering does this model?

Lab 7 – Shaking Sugar Cubes/Rocks

· What type of weathering was modeled by shaking the jars?

· Why did one substance “weather” more than the other?

· What could this mean for the rate at which different types of rocks weather?