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What does Expansion and contraction do to rocks?
Expansion and contraction can cause rocks to crack or break apart. When rocks heat up, they expand, and when they cool down, they contract. Over time, this cycle of expansion and contraction can weaken the rock and lead to weathering and erosion.
What type of weathering is thermal heat expansion and contraction?
Thermal heat expansion and contraction is a type of mechanical weathering, as it involves the physical breakdown of rocks due to changes in temperature. When rocks heat up, they expand, and when they cool down, they contract, causing stress that can lead to cracking and disintegration over time.
What is the antonym for contraction?
Expansion is the antonym for contraction.
Which of theses can cause the expansion and contraction of rocks due to weathering?
Temperature changes can cause the expansion and contraction of rocks due to weathering. As rocks heat up, they expand, and as they cool down, they contract. This repeated cycle of expansion and contraction can lead to the breakdown of rocks over time.
Do you agree that expansion and contraction only cause problems?
No, we use expansion and contraction to tell temperature(thermometer).
What are the release dates for Expansion and Contraction - 1903?
Expansion and Contraction - 1903 was released on: USA: January 1903
How temperature weather rocks?
Rocks expand due to heat and contract due to cold. Thus, due to unequal expansion and contraction ,the rocks tend to break and get weathered. Rocks expand due to heat and contract due to cold. Thus, due to unequal expansion and contraction ,the rocks tend to break and get weathered.
How does heat cause weathering?
Heat can cause weathering through a process called thermal expansion and contraction. When rocks are exposed to heat from the sun during the day, they expand. As they cool down at night, the rocks contract. These repeated cycles of expansion and contraction can eventually lead to the breakdown of rocks, causing weathering.
What is the breaking of rocks due to constant expansion and contraction?
Exfoliation.
What does an expansion tank do?
Allows for expansion and contraction of various systems
Why do railway lines have gaps in them?
to allow for the thermal expansion or contraction
What the opposite of Contraction?
The general opposite of contraction is expansion, or possibly inflation. For muscles, the opposite of contraction is relaxation.
