The Earth process being modeled in this experiment is chemical weathering. This is indicated by the use of a dilute acid to interact with the rock samples, leading to changes in their mass and the observation of bubbling, which suggests a chemical reaction occurring between the acid and the minerals in the rocks.
The weathering of four different rock samples with different masses was studied. Each rock sample was placed in a separate beaker containing 500 milliliters of a dilute acid for 10 minutes. Bubbling was observed in some of the beakers. The data table below shows the mass of each sample, in grams, before placement in the acid and after removal from the acid.
Which Earth process is being modeled in this experiment?
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chemical weathering
chemical weathering
erosion
erosion
physical weathering
physical weathering
photosynthesis
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