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When water freezes it expands by around 10 percent. When water that is trapped in cracks or porous layers in rock freezes and expands, it exerts pressure on the rock and splits it into smaller pieces. This leads to erosion.
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What is another example of freeze-thaw weathering?
physical weathering
Which type of weathering is the result of water expanding inside the cracks of rocks when it freezes?
It is simply called freeze-thaw weathering.
Freeze-thaw is an example of?
chemical weathering
What types of weathering affect chalk?
Freeze- thaw
How do freeze and thaw cycles contribute to both weathering and erosion?
it does
What type of wather conditions are needed for freeze thaw weathering to take place?
Freeze-Thaw Weathering Can Only Take Place Whenever The Temperature Falls Below Zero Degrees Celsius.
What is another example of freeze-thaw weathering?
physical weathering
Which type of weathering is the result of water expanding inside the cracks of rocks when it freezes?
It is simply called freeze-thaw weathering.
Freeze-thaw is an example of this?
physical weathering
Freeze-thaw is an example of?
chemical weathering
What types of weathering affect chalk?
Freeze- thaw
Why is freeze thaw weathering absoloutely vital if a glacier is going to be able to erode its valley?
Its to do with how it is able to form the glacier. There is a cylce where the ice can only cycle round and round if freeze thaw weathering is taking place, meaning that a glacier can erode its valley. The process of freeze thaw weathering erodes the valley.
What types of mechanical weathering are there?
freeze and thaw, exfoliation and abrasion
How do freeze and thaw cycles contribute to both weathering and erosion?
it does
How do freeze and thaw cycle contribute to both weathering and erosion?
it does
What type of weathering involves the decomposition of rock as minerals react with substances such as oxgenwater and acids?
Hydrolisis,freeze-thaw, chemical weathering, wetting and drying, etc
3 example of physical weathering?
Freeze - Thaw weathering Onion skin weathering Erosion from rain water
