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Rain and running water can enlarge existing cracks in rocks through its erosive powers. Freezing water in a rock crack will expand, causing additional fracture.
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How do cracks affect weathering rates of rocks?
How do cracks affect the rate of weathering
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.
Why does frost wedging weathers rocks?
It weathers rocks because the water enters through the cracks and therefore it expands the rocks
When rainwater seeps through cracks in rocks what is called?
erosion
How do lichens weather rocks?
they grow in the cracks and split it in half
Water freezes in the cracks in rocks. plants grow into the cracks in rocks?
cracks open wider
Water freezes in the cracks of rocks and plants grow into the cracks of rocks what happens?
cracks open wider
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.
How do cracks affect weathering rates of rocks?
How do cracks affect the rate of weathering
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.
What are the cracks along flat rocks surfaces called?
Large cracks in rocks are called, fracture or fissure.
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.
How do plants break rocks into smaller pieces?
plant roots grow into cracks in rocks
How water break rocks?
The water can get inside and then freeze which in turn cracks the rocks open.
What is caused when water in e cracks in rocks freezes and expands?
Erosion ... breaking of the rocks.
What is the movement of surface water into rocks or soil through cracks or pore spaces?
Infiltration is the movement of surface water into rocks or soil through cracks or pore spaces.
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.
