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What happens when water freezes in the rocks . Plants grow into the rocks cracks?
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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.
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 is caused when water in e cracks in rocks freezes and expands?
Erosion ... breaking of the rocks.
When waves enter small cracks and holes in rocks along the shoreline what happens to the rocks?
The water continuously freezes and thaws eventually splitting the rock into pieces creating sand.
Describe how temperature changes can make cracks form in rocks?
when water freezes
Water freezes in the cracks of rocks and plants grow into the cracks of rocks what happens?
cracks open wider
Water freezes in the cracks in rocks. plants grow into the cracks in rocks?
cracks open wider
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 when water seeps into rocks and freezes?
It cracks the rock
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 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.
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.
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.
What occurs when ice freezes on rocks and cracks off?
Frostwegging
What could happen to the rocks when water freezes in the cracks?
It explodes...?
What enters cracks in rocks and forces them apart?
Water can do this if it freezes
What is caused when water in e cracks in rocks freezes and expands?
Erosion ... breaking of the rocks.
