Freezing and Thawing is an example of Mechanical Weathering.
Potholes and breaks in rocks from the freezing and thawing cycle are caused by water seeping into cracks in the rock, freezing and expanding, and then thawing and contracting. This repeated cycle weakens the rock and can eventually lead to the formation of potholes or breaks.
Alternate freezing and thawing often leads to creep.
Frost weathering is a type of mechanical weathering that occurs when water seeps into cracks in rocks, freezes, and expands, causing the rock to break apart. This process is common in areas with frequent freezing and thawing cycles.
True. The freezing and thawing of water in cracks and pores of rocks exerts pressure that can cause rocks to crack and break apart. This is known as frost wedging and is a type of mechanical weathering.
Temperature changes, such as freezing and thawing, is NOT a cause of mechanical weathering.
the result of freezing and thawing and freezing is frost boil
by the coldness of freezing and the warmness of thawing
Physical weathering or mechanical weathering.
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thawing
Melting and freezing are the correct terms for this phase change.
chemical change
It is thawing.
Potholes and breaks in rocks from the freezing and thawing cycle are caused by water seeping into cracks in the rock, freezing and expanding, and then thawing and contracting. This repeated cycle weakens the rock and can eventually lead to the formation of potholes or breaks.
Freezing a rock would shrink it some (contract) while the thawing would expand it. This applies to most substances, water being the obvious exception.
Ice wedging - which water getting deep down in the rock freezing or thawing causing it to expand and break
no it is not melting is the reverse of freezing