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Why scientist think that large crashing waves split apart large rocks by compressing air in the cracks?
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∙ 15y ago
becaues large, crashing waves have a force large enough to put enough pressure on the rocks to crack them
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What enters cracks in rocks and forces them apart?
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What jobs did Isaac Newton have apart from an inventor?
scientist
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