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What are four ways that rocks are physically weathered to form soil
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What are four ways that rocks are physically weathered to form soil

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Rain wears it down, water seeps into cracks and turns to ice; creating bigger cracks, it can expand and contract due to temperatures rising and lowering and plants can grow on it so the roots break down the rocks to make room
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-The water washes it causing it to break
-How hot or cold it is matters.
-ice can get into cracks which causes it to crack
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