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Belle’s grandfather lives in a region where the temperature drops below 0°F at night. When Belle visited her grandfather, they hiked up a hill. Belle noticed that a lot of rocks had cracks in them. She also found quite a few rocks that had split into pieces. What most likely caused the rocks in this region to weather? snowfall

A. snowfall
B. frost wedging
C. landslides
D. heavy rains

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B) frost wedging is the answer

- when water freezes in between the small cracks in the rocks at night the water will expand causing the cracks to grow larger.
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