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Usually ice ! When water freezes to ice it expands slightly - It's strong enough to force rocks to split.
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How does freezing water cause rocks to weathering?
Water goes into small cracks in the rocks and then freezes. Water expands as it freezes and the expansion pushes outwards on the crack in the rock making it bigger. Eventually this process causes the rock to crack and flake apart
What is plant action?
plant roots can grow in cracks rocks. as they grow they break apart the rock.
What is biological wheathering?
biological weathering is the process of animals digging under rocks and into cracks and the rocks undercut and cracks widen and then the rock is loosened up and broken up then the rock collapses and falls apart
How ice wedging can break apart?
Ice wedging can break apart rocks when water seeps in cracks of roads or rocks and continues freezes and thaws until the rock eventually creates a pot hole
What are two types of rock changes as it moves?
lava moving in between the cracks of the earths surface and pushing rocks together and apart.
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 it called when plant roots that force cracks in rocks farther apart?
natural decomposition
What enters cracks in rocks and forces them apart?
Water can do this if it freezes
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 is the way a mineral breaks or splits apart?
The rocks cracks on everything
What weathers rocks?
Rocks can be weathered by the wind or rain, or if water gets in some of the cracks, it would break apart
How does freezing water cause rocks to weathering?
Water goes into small cracks in the rocks and then freezes. Water expands as it freezes and the expansion pushes outwards on the crack in the rock making it bigger. Eventually this process causes the rock to crack and flake apart
What is plant action?
plant roots can grow in cracks rocks. as they grow they break apart the rock.
What forms when magma pushes into vertical cracks and cuts through layers of rock.?
When magma pushes into vertical cracks and cuts through layers across, igneous rocks called dikes are formed. Dikes are one form of plutons. An intrusive dike would form.
What is biological wheathering?
biological weathering is the process of animals digging under rocks and into cracks and the rocks undercut and cracks widen and then the rock is loosened up and broken up then the rock collapses and falls apart
What pushes the rocks in 2 opposite directions that cause the rocks to twist or tear apart?
use gun powder or plasic explosive in the middle
How ice wedging can break apart?
Ice wedging can break apart rocks when water seeps in cracks of roads or rocks and continues freezes and thaws until the rock eventually creates a pot hole
