ICE WEDGING

Worksheet by Tammie Flores

Language: ENG
Assignments: 60 classrooms used this worksheet

Learn how ice breaks rocks! Ice wedging worksheet explains physical weathering.

ICE WEDGINGWater enters the cracks in a rock. The water freezes and expands due to freezing temperatures, pushing against the cracks. The cracks widen. Temperatures get warmer, and the water thaws and moves deeper into the cracks of the rock. As this cycle repeats again and again, the rock eventually breaks. Water enters the cracks in a rock. The water freezes and expands due to freezing temperatures, pushing against the cracks. The cracks widen. Temperatures get warmer, and the water thaws and moves deeper into the cracks of the rock. As this cycle repeats again and again, the rock eventually breaks. WORD SEARCH To mark a word click its first letter then click its last. WEDGING FREEZES BREAKS THAWS WATER CYCLE ROCK ICE

physical weathering rock cycle earth science processes

Educational Standards

CCSS CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.6-8.3 CCSS CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.6-8.1 CCSS CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.6-8.7

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