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Why does heating and cooling rocks make them break more easily?
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∙ 12y ago
You mean FORM, correct? Well, when water (in a small crack [hairline] in a rock) turns to ice, it EXPANDS. Having no place to go, it pushes crack's sides apart thus enlarging it. Consequently, larger crack is created, eventually rock may split.
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∙ 13y ago
Wiki User
∙ 14y agoHeating expands and cooling shrinks the outer layer of the rock which will eventually peel off.
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∙ 13y agoWater goes into cracks, when the water freezes it expands the crack. Then it thaws. When it repeats the crack gets bigger eventually eroding the rock.
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What processes can change igneous rock into sedimentary rocks?
Weathering, erosion, deposition, compaction, and cementation.
Why rocks and soil get hot faster than water?
Because while water is heating, it is also evaporating, and that causes some cooling. Rocks and soil do not evaporate, although some of the moisture within them may evaporate and slow the heating somewhat.
A rock that forms from cooling lava that is classified as what?
The rocks that are formed from cooling of lava are known as Igneous rocks.
What cooling creates igneous rocks?
Magmatic (lava) cooling.
What process can break rocks apart?
erosion can break rocks apart, weathering can also break rocks apart
What type of rock forms due to heating and cooling?
igneous rock is formed by heating and cooling.
What plate motion due to the heating and cooling of rocks?
convection
Plate motion due to the heating and cooling of rocks?
Convection
What type of rocks are formed through the process of heating and cooling beneath the earth's surface?
igneous rocks
How does cooling help with the rock cycle?
It helps because the process of heating is crucial in rocks.
How man break easily the rocks?
destroy
How does heating and cooling weather the rock?
because the rocks get very hot during the day with the sun, and then go very cold very rapidly at night time. this causes the rocks to expand and break away bits at a time, this is weathering of a rock.
What processes can change igneous rock into sedimentary rocks?
Weathering, erosion, deposition, compaction, and cementation.
Why rocks and soil get hot faster than water?
Because while water is heating, it is also evaporating, and that causes some cooling. Rocks and soil do not evaporate, although some of the moisture within them may evaporate and slow the heating somewhat.
Temperatures in the desert vary greatly between the day and night The constant heating and cooling causes the rocks to crack?
yes, the process is called exfoliation
What is difference between soil and rock?
The rock is a natural resource on land. Soil is comprised of rocks which had been eroded due to uneven heating or cooling.
What are materials that break easily?
probaly sedimentary or igneous rocks
