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Unlike mechanical weathering, chemical weathering
a. causes the fragmentation or natural breakup of rock
b. changes how rock at the earth's surface will respond to ductile deformation
c. causes rock at the surface to remain unchanged over long periods of time
d. actually destroys or changes the composition of the rock