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Suppose that one day, you see a crack on a sidewalk. That night is very cold. The next day, you notice that the crack is filled with ice. What might happen to the crack over the course of the winter months?
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Suppose that one day, you see a crack on a sidewalk. That night is very cold. The next day, you notice that the crack is filled with ice. What might happen to the crack over the course of the winter months?

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Answer is the crack will expand or get bigger due to frost wedging.

Explanation: Frost wedging is a mechanical weathering where stresses, cracks and fractures are created by the freezing of water into ice.
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