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Ice can cause erosion by:
Ice is frozen water
When water goes into the cracks in rocks
and freezes
It causes the rock to seperate
therfore...
the rock cracks, falls apart
it happen over and over
thats how ice causes erosion
aka ice wedging AnswerGlaciation moves countless tons of material across the land, and it "scours" as it goes.
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Ice= water goes into cracks and then it breaks!!
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∙ 6y ago
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∙ 9y agoHow ice erodes
Ice erodes by:
- Plucking - the glacier pulls out chunks of rocks to leave a jagged surface. This provides material for abrasion.
- Abrasion- rocks stuck in the ice grind away the bedrock under the glacier.
- Freeze thaw - water in cracks in the rock freezes and expands forcing open the gap. When the ice melts more water can get into the crack and freeze again. After lots of freezing and thawing lumps of rock are broken off the surface. freeze thaw weathering/frost shattering is a process of weathering that also occurs in upland areas.
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∙ 13y agoGlacier ice is efficient at plucking rock from formations and moving it many miles to another location. Because erosion is defined as the movement of material, ice is a very effective agent of erosion. Valleys which were originally V-shaped can become U-shaped over time, due to glacial erosion.
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∙ 12y agoThe Sun Comes Out. The glaciers melt and move.
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∙ 7y agoWhen ice is frozen, it expands. This sometimes cracks the earth that it is on and then when it thaws, the pieces wash away.
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∙ 14y agoIce can erode by ice wedging
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∙ 12y agoNo it doesn't unless it melts
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What natural forces cause erosion?
Rainfall, Water, Wind, Ice, and Gravity
What are three forces that cause erosion?
The three main forces of erosion are wind, water, and ice, with an assist from gravity.
How does water erosion form?
Erosion caused by waves is known as Hydraulic Action, which mostly consists of air bubbles being forced into cracks in rocks. Waves also cause abrasion whereby material transported in the wave collides at speed with a rock face, wearing it away. Wave erosion is a type of marine erosion.
What are the 4 forces that cause weathering?
If you mean weathering as in erosion, then they could be: water, wind, ice, and something else. Sorry, I'm blanking out.
What are types of erosions?
There is water erosion, wind erosion, ice erosion, basically anything that breaks down earth materials is erosion.
What causes the erosion?
wind, air, and ice cause erosion.
What can cause erosion?
wind, water, and ice
What is the substance which is the most common cause of erosion?
ice
What are large ice sheets that cause erosion as they move?
Glaciers
Forces that cause erosion?
Wind,Water,Ice and (uncommon) Gravity.
What are 3 greatest factors that cause erosion?
water wind and ice are it
What two elements cause erosion?
Their are 4 types of erosion which is (if you want a list) Wind, Water, Ice, and last, Gravity.
How does wind and ice cause erosion?
pushing against the surface and making sediments
What are the 3 ways greatest factors that cause erosion?
Water,Wind,and Ice.
What natural forces cause erosion?
Rainfall, Water, Wind, Ice, and Gravity
Can ice cause weathering and erosion?
Ice, as glaciers during the ice-ages, scoured mountains and formed 'U' shaped valleys.
What are three forces that cause erosion?
The three main forces of erosion are wind, water, and ice, with an assist from gravity.
