The answer is: water expands when it freezes! Good luck!
Another name for frost wedging is ice wedging. This process occurs when water freezes in cracks and crevices in rocks, causing them to expand and eventually break apart.
Yes, ice wedging and frost wedging are terms often used interchangeably to describe the mechanical weathering process where water seeps into cracks in rocks, freezes, and expands, causing the rocks to break apart.
Frost wedging is a form of mechanical weathering caused by the repeated freezing and thawing of water in cracks in rocks.
The property of water that makes frost wedging possible is its ability to expand when it freezes. When water seeps into cracks in rock, it freezes and expands, exerting pressure on the rock and causing the cracks to widen over time. This process, repeated with repeated freeze-thaw cycles, can eventually break apart the rock through frost wedging.
they are both a type of physical weathering and both may break rock through a crack or a crevice. Frost wedging is when water enters a crack and may freeze causing the crack to expand because when water freezes it contrasts and expands. Root wedging is when a plant grows through a crack causing the roots to expand and break through the rock. -michael yap
No, frost wedging is caused by water expanding, not contracting.
Ice Wedging Or Frost Wedging
Another name for frost wedging is ice wedging. This process occurs when water freezes in cracks and crevices in rocks, causing them to expand and eventually break apart.
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The one type of frost action is frost wedging, which occurs when water seeps into cracks in rocks, freezes, and expands, causing the rock to break apart.
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Frost wedging is a form of mechanical weathering caused by the repeated freezing and thawing of water in cracks in rocks.
Yes, ice wedging and frost wedging are terms often used interchangeably to describe the mechanical weathering process where water seeps into cracks in rocks, freezes, and expands, causing the rocks to break apart.