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Frozen water molecules are larger and expand. In liquid form H2O is smaller
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What happens when water seeps into rocks and freezes?
It cracks the rock
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
How does ice wedging break apart rock?
Water goes in a cracks. When it gets cold it thaws and freezes. It also turns into a crystal form. Then it takes a lot of space and cracks a rock.
How does water split a rock?
Rain water seeps into any cracks in the rock. When the water freezes in winter, the ice expands and the force can be strong enough to split 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 is the effect of water freezes in the cracks in rock?
The rock cracks and weathers.
How does melting water weather a rock?
the water freezes and then cracks the rock
What happens when water seeps into rocks and freezes?
It cracks the rock
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
How does water affect rock when it freezes inside the rock?
Since water expands when it freezes, it causes cracks in rocks when it freezes inside them.
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.
Water in the cracks of a freezes and breaks apart the rock mechanical or chemical?
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What is a example of ice erosion?
Say some water gets into the crack inn a rock, the water freezes and scince water expands when it freezes the rock cracks even more.
Water freezes in the cracks of a rock during the winter and then melts during the spring. Over time what will most likely happen to the rock?
Each time the water freezes, it expands, gradually widening the cracks in the rock. Eventually the rock will break along the lines of the crack.
Why do rocks crack when water has frozen on the surface of a rock?
When water freezes it increases it's volume. So, if it freezes in a crack in the rock, it will exert pressure in the rock. This pressure may be enough to widen the crack. or known as hydro wedging
If water freezes in the cracks of a rock during winter and then melts during spring?
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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.
