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Earth is the right distance from the sun. It’s protected from harmful solar radiation by its magnetic field and the atmosphere keeps it warm. Earth contains the right chemical ingredients to sustain life such as H2O (water) and C (carbon)
The two main types of weathering are material and chemical.
Mechanical weathering is the disintegration of rock into smaller and smaller fragments.
Chemical weathering transforms the original material into a substance with a different composition and different physical characteristics.
