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the water gets into cracks of the rock then over time if the water doesn't evaporate it freezes and expands. When the ice expands the crack gets bigger when the crack gets big enough it splits the entire rock
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 11y agoThis happens because of the way the ice forms. The ice becomes really sharp and splits the rocks in half, and also it maybe because the temperature is really cold that it breaks away time by time and cracks inbetween.
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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.
How does ice forms in a rock and makes it split?
Physical weathering
What causes ice in a crack in a rock and makes the rock split?
It hapens erosions
Air enters the rock cracks?
Yes, air will enter rock cracks. But, if water fills the crack, during a deep freeze, the expansion of the water, as ice forms, will often widen the crack (even to split the rock).
What is glacier weathering?
Ice erosion is caused by glaciers that move very slowly with the help of gravity. When the glaciers move they scrape at the rock. This scraping plows, files, and carries the removed sediment elsewhere. The erosion caused when the glacier melts is considered water erosion.
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.
How does ice forms in a rock and makes it split?
Physical weathering
What causes ice in a crack in a rock and makes the rock split?
It hapens erosions
How does water split rocks?
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.
How doe ice wedging weathers rock?
Ice wedging breaks the rock apart. Water goes into cracks in the rock and when it freezes, it expands. This can cause rocks to split and eventually break. (see the related link)
How can ice weather a rock?
In one way (ice wedging), water gets into cracks in the rock, then freezes. This force can eventually split the rock crystals. In another (moving ice), a glacier or other large mass of ice moves across the rocks surface. This can scour away loose rock by friction. (It does not require that there be imbedded rocks, but this can also occur, where rocks are pushed together until one breaks.)
How ice can weather rock?
In one way (ice wedging), water gets into cracks in the rock, then freezes. This force can eventually split the rock crystals. In another (moving ice), a glacier or other large mass of ice moves across the rocks surface. This can scour away loose rock by friction. (It does not require that there be imbedded rocks, but this can also occur, where rocks are pushed together until one breaks.)
What type of rock split apple rock made of?
the spit aapple rock is spit beacuse a bite of it
Air enters the rock cracks?
Yes, air will enter rock cracks. But, if water fills the crack, during a deep freeze, the expansion of the water, as ice forms, will often widen the crack (even to split the rock).
What did the banana do when he heard the ice cream scream?
He split
What is glacier weathering?
Ice erosion is caused by glaciers that move very slowly with the help of gravity. When the glaciers move they scrape at the rock. This scraping plows, files, and carries the removed sediment elsewhere. The erosion caused when the glacier melts is considered water erosion.
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.
