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The roots penetrate cracks and spaces between rocks.
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What effects do plants' roots have on rock?
Certain plants are able to get their roots into cracks in rocks. As the plant grows, the thickening roots may force the crack to widen. That, and the expanding ice in winter, may crack the rock wide open.
Which layer of the earth produces lava and molten rock?
The mantle is the source of molten rock. This molten material can, if the tectonics are right, penetrate up through the solid outer mantle and the crust to deliver lava, which is molten rock (magma) that has reached the surface of the earth.
What effect do roots have on rocks?
Certain plants are able to get their roots into cracks in rocks. As the plant grows, the thickening roots may force the crack to widen. That, and the expanding ice in winter, may crack the rock wide open.
Is an igneous rock solid?
Yes. By definition a rock is solid.
What are tectonic made of Magma and solid mantle crust and magma crust and solid mantle solid rock and molten rock?
Igneous rock
Is granite impermeable?
NO! It must be sealed for countertop use. Radon gas has been found to penetrate up to six feet of solid rock.
Why might vascular plants not be able to grow on the rock?
a vascular plant wouldn't grow on a rock because it has roots and stems
What effects do plants' roots have on rock?
Certain plants are able to get their roots into cracks in rocks. As the plant grows, the thickening roots may force the crack to widen. That, and the expanding ice in winter, may crack the rock wide open.
Which part of the plant always breaks rocks apart?
Plant roots will break rocks apart if they can penetrate an existing crack, or they unstabilize a rock by lifting it, causing it to fracture by gravity.
How do use the word penetrate in a sentence?
We need to penetrate their defences.The needle will penetrate his skin.
How did igneous rocks get their names?
Igneous rock comes from the Latin word ignis meaning fire, since igneous rock is formed by magma (molten rock) being cooled and becoming solid.
Which layer of the earth produces lava and molten rock?
The mantle is the source of molten rock. This molten material can, if the tectonics are right, penetrate up through the solid outer mantle and the crust to deliver lava, which is molten rock (magma) that has reached the surface of the earth.
What effect do plants have on rock?
Certain plants are able to get their roots into cracks in rocks. As the plant grows, the thickening roots may force the crack to widen. That, and the expanding ice in winter, may crack the rock wide open.
How do plants affect earths landform?
the plants roots sink into the rock and cracks the rock.
How do plants and animals causes biological weatering?
when plants and animals break/ decay there release chemicals from there bodies which breaks down rocks also the roots of plants sometime penetrate through the rock causing it to crack
What effect do roots have on rocks?
Certain plants are able to get their roots into cracks in rocks. As the plant grows, the thickening roots may force the crack to widen. That, and the expanding ice in winter, may crack the rock wide open.
When was Roots Rock Riot created?
Roots Rock Riot was created on 2007-10-23.
