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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.
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 will happen to a rock if rainwater freezes in a crack in it year after year?
The crack get bigger and bigger
What would happen to a rock if water got inside of a crack and then froze?
The water would expand as it freezes, causing the crack to widen. This repeated process of water entering the crack, freezing, and expanding, would eventually lead to the rock fracturing or breaking apart.
What is magma that hardens after being forced into a crack across rock?
The magma that hardens after being forced into a crack across rock is called a dike. Dikes are vertical or near-vertical sheets of intrusive igneous rock that cut across the existing rock layers.
How big is a crack rock?
A crack rock can be almost any size. Usually about half an inch in diameter.
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.
How many sedimentary rocks are there on Earth?
How big does something have to be to be a "rock"? Is a big chunk of rock with a crack going all the way through it one rock or two rocks? Who would care about such a number anyway? Hopefully you begin to see why this question is impossible to answer.
Is ice freezing in a crack of a rock erosion or weathering?
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.
Is ice freezing in a crack of a rock considered weathering or erosion?
Ice freezing in a crack of a rock is considered weathering.
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.
What do you use to crack a rock?
a bomb
What are some slang words for crack?
Some slang words for crack include rock, hard, white lady, and base.
What will happen to a rock on the side of a mountain that has a small crack in it when rainwater continues to get into the crack every winter freeze?
The rock will split in two pieces
What will happen to a rock if rainwater freezes in a crack in it year after year?
The crack get bigger and bigger
