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When water freezes, it expands. This can cause rocks to crack or break, then the water thaws to create a visible gap in the rock. This is ice wedging.
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∙ 10y agoWater expands as it solidifies, so the ice exerts considerable pressure on the walls of the cavity that it fills.
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What type of weathering can ice wedging cause?
The type of weathering that causes Ice Wedging is Mechanical/ Physical Weathering.
Is ice wedging the same as frost wedging?
Yes it is the same thing
How does frost wedging cause erosion?
frost wedging is when water gets into a crack in a large rock and when ice freezes it expands and when it expands inside a rock it might break in half
Ice breaking apart a rock?
Ice Wedging.
Ice wedging and living organisms is?
mechanical
What type of weathering can ice wedging cause?
The type of weathering that causes Ice Wedging is Mechanical/ Physical Weathering.
What cause potholes to form in roadways?
ice wedging
What ice wedging?
wedging ice to a cake at a wedding
What are abrasion and ice wedging?
Ice wedging has 3 forms and they are Active, Inactive and Ice wedge Casts.
How does ice wedging relate to mechanical weathering?
Ice wedging is a type of mechanical weathering.
What is the process by which ice widens and deepens cracks in rock in called?
The general term for this is "erosion".
How doe ice wedging weathers rock?
Ice wedging breaks the rock apart. Water goes into cracks in the rock and when it freezes, it expands. This can cause rocks to split and eventually break. (see the related link)
What does ice do to rocks?
It breaks from ice wedging
Is ice wedging the same as frost wedging?
Yes it is the same thing
How does frost wedging cause erosion?
frost wedging is when water gets into a crack in a large rock and when ice freezes it expands and when it expands inside a rock it might break in half
Ice breaking apart a rock?
Ice Wedging.
How do potholes form?
Ice wedging
