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What effects do plants' roots have on rock?
Certain plants are able to get their roots into cracks in rocks. As the plant grows, the thickening roots may force the crack to widen. That, and the expanding ice in winter, may crack the rock wide open.
Is ice freezing in a crack of a rock considered weathering or erosion?
Ice freezing in a crack of a rock is considered weathering.
What happens if water freezes in a crack of a rock?
The crack would expand because the water in the rock, as it freezes, expands.
What effect do roots have on rocks?
Certain plants are able to get their roots into cracks in rocks. As the plant grows, the thickening roots may force the crack to widen. That, and the expanding ice in winter, may crack the rock wide open.
What will happen to a rock if rainwater freezes in a crack in it year after year?
The crack get bigger and bigger
When you crack a rock open what is in the middle?
When you crack open a rock, you may find mineral crystals, fossil imprints, or veins of minerals such as quartz or calcite. The middle of a rock can reveal its composition, history, and formation process.
How do they open hard shelled prey?
they lay on their backs and use a rock to crack it
What effects do plants' roots have on rock?
Certain plants are able to get their roots into cracks in rocks. As the plant grows, the thickening roots may force the crack to widen. That, and the expanding ice in winter, may crack the rock wide open.
What is a crack in the rock at a plate boundary called?
If there is movement of rock along this crack, then it is called a fault.
If liquid water runs into an open space within a rock like a crack?
The water can fill the crack and exert pressure on the surrounding rock walls, potentially widening the crack over time through hydraulic action and freeze-thaw cycles. This process is known as hydraulic fracturing or water-induced fracturing.
What is the process of ice-wedging?
When water seeps into a crack in a rock during warm weather and then freezed in cold weather , it expands. And when it expands, it pushes against the sides of the crack forcing it to open wider.
How big is a crack rock?
A crack rock can be almost any size. Usually about half an inch in diameter.
Is ice freezing in a crack of a rock erosion or weathering?
Ice freezing in a crack of a rock is considered weathering.
Is ice freezing in a crack of a rock considered weathering or erosion?
Ice freezing in a crack of a rock is considered weathering.
What happens if water freezes in a crack of a rock?
The crack would expand because the water in the rock, as it freezes, expands.
Water that flows from a crack in the cap rock?
a spring whose water flows from a crack in the cap rock over the aquifer
What is the relationship between faults and joints?
A joint is a crack in rock; a fault is a crack in rock along which the rocks have been displaced.
