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Water freezes in the cracks of rocks and plants grow into the cracks of rocks what happens?
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∙ 9y ago
cracks open wider
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Water freezes in the cracks in rocks. plants grow into the cracks in rocks?
cracks open wider
What happens when water seeps into rocks and freezes?
It cracks the rock
What happens first rocks break apart or water fills tiny cracks in rocks and freezes or ice pushes against rocks?
All rocks have cracks in them. If water fills the cracks and freezes, it expands and pushes the rock apart.
What happens during ice wedging?
when water freezes, it expands. when water freezes in cracks and pores of rocks, the force of its expansion is strong enough to split the rocks apart.
What happens liquid water gets in cracks and rocs and freezes?
The ice expands as it freezes - which creates weak points in the rock, causing it to break apart.
What is the effect of water freezes in the cracks in rock?
The rock cracks and weathers.
How do rocks change when water in them freezes?
As the water freezes in the cracks of rocks,the cracks expand. The process repeats itself and the rock eventually breaks.
What happens when water freezes in the cracks in rocks. plant grow into the cracks in rocks?
The ice expands in the crack and may split the rock, as will eventually the roots of a plant.
How does water help break rocks apart?
Water expands when it freezes. In winter, water gets into minute cracks in the rocks and then as it freezes it expands and makes the cracks bigger. So more water gets in then freezes so the cracks get bigger still until the rocks break apart.
How does water affect rock when it freezes inside the rock?
Since water expands when it freezes, it causes cracks in rocks when it freezes inside them.
What is the effect when water freezes in to cracks?
The water expands as it is frozen and so the cracks are made wider/bigger :)
How does melting water weather a rock?
the water freezes and then cracks the rock
