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Is ice wedging physical weathering or chemical weathering?
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Ice wedging is physical weathering. As water freezes it grows, so when water flows into cracks or holes and then freezes it causes the water to expand, which brakes apart whatever it seeped into.
Wiki User
∙ 10y ago
Wiki User
∙ 9y agoIce wedging is physical weathering. It is physical because it does NOT change its substance.
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What type of weathering can ice wedging cause?
The type of weathering that causes Ice Wedging is Mechanical/ Physical Weathering.
Is mechanical weathering caused by ice and growing roots?
Yes. Mechanical weathering is the breaking of rocks into smaller rocks by physical means. Ice can do this in a process called ice wedging or frost wedging. Plants can do this by their roots growing into cracks in the rocks.
What type of change would slow the chemical weathering of the soil?
Ice wedging would help slow chemical weathering and make the soil more fertile.
Which is one way that chemical weathering influences mechanical weathering?
Acids in the rain create holes in the rock, which allows water to get inside for ice wedging.
What is the type of weathering when ice forms cracks in rocks?
Ice wedging is a form of mechanical weathering.
What type of weathering can ice wedging cause?
The type of weathering that causes Ice Wedging is Mechanical/ Physical Weathering.
What is an example physical weathering?
ice wedging
Is ice wedging mechaniical or chemical weathering?
mechanical
Fast physical weathering in rocks?
Ice wedging (frost action)
How does ice wedging relate to mechanical weathering?
Ice wedging is a type of mechanical weathering.
What is another name for mechanical weathering?
One kind of Mechanical Weathering is called ice wedging.
Can ice be an agent of chemical weathering?
No ice is an agent of physical weathering
Is mechanical weathering caused by ice and growing roots?
Yes. Mechanical weathering is the breaking of rocks into smaller rocks by physical means. Ice can do this in a process called ice wedging or frost wedging. Plants can do this by their roots growing into cracks in the rocks.
What type of change would slow the chemical weathering of the soil?
Ice wedging would help slow chemical weathering and make the soil more fertile.
Ice wedging is an example of which type of weathering?
Mechanical Weathering
Which is one way that mechanical weathering influences chemical weathering?
Acids in the rain create holes in the rock, which allows water to get inside for ice wedging.
Which is one way that chemical weathering influences mechanical weathering?
Acids in the rain create holes in the rock, which allows water to get inside for ice wedging.
