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The ice expands as it freezes - which creates weak points in the rock, causing it to break apart.

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As the liquid freezes the bottle cracks The liquid could be?

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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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What happens to water when it changes from a liquid to a solid?

A LIQUID FREEZES TO SOLID


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 is the effect of water freezes in the cracks in rock?

The rock cracks and weathers.


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.


What happens when water that settles into cracks of rocks freezes?

Water expands when it freezes, therefore it tends to cause the rocks to crack (or perhaps I should say, it causes existing cracks to get larger, leading to the disintegration of the rock).


A bottle is filled up to its brim with a liquid The bottle is then tightly corked and placed in a freezer As the liquid freezes the bottle cracks The liquid could be?

water


Water freezes in the cracks in rocks. plants grow into the cracks in rocks?

cracks open wider


What happens to water at 0 degrees centigrade?

At 0 degrees Celsius, water freezes and turns into ice. This is the temperature at which water changes from a liquid to a solid state.


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.