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. Water can break rocks, and wear rocks away using pressure, and usually a lot of time. A lot of water over months and years polishes rocks in a stream, and the same thing happens over time to larger rocks. Large canyons are carved out by rivers and streams over long, long periods of time. Look at beaches. The sand didn't start out as sand... it started out bigger, but it gets slowly reduced in size by the water, and then carried somewhere else, and deposited on the beach. That is why there are beaches beside some rivers as well... the river takes soil and rocks away from one area, and dumps it somewhere else... Nature's construction crew. Many caves were formed by underground water pressure over a long time. Some rocks are harder, and some are softer... so the soft rock wears away before the hard rock, leaving holes in the middle, which is where the caves are now.
Answer 1:
In winter as the temperature decreases water particles go into the rock and freeze.
When water freezes it gets bigger and there isn't enough space for the rock and the frozen water so the rock breaks into smaller pieces.
Answer 2:
The answer is weathering.:)
By freezing and expanding in small cracks, over and over, until they become really big.
Yes, water can break large racks into smaller rocks
erosion can break rocks apart, weathering can also break rocks 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
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Break apart
It is called weathering.
erosion can break rocks apart, weathering can also break rocks apart
They erode by the effects of wind and water
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.
Rocks break apart from force and heat. Water, freezing, thawing, and wind break rocks into smaller portions.
All rocks have cracks in them. If water fills the cracks and freezes, it expands and pushes the rock apart.
Rocks can be weathered by the wind or rain, or if water gets in some of the cracks, it would 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
Water can break up rocks, usually over some amount of time, because the liquid water seeps into small nooks and crannies, then when the water becomes cold enough and it freezes, it expands, forcing the rock or rocks apart, and since rocks are not very flexible but rather brittle this can cause the cracks to widen and lengthen, and break up the rocks.
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Break apart
Plants roots are surprisingly strong. They can break into rocks with there roots and break them apart.
It is called weathering.