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Rainfall collects in a crack in a rock. When the temperature drops, this water freezes and expands. This causes the crack to become slightly larger.

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Scientists have observed a process called freeze-thaw. That process occurs when the water inside of rocks freezes and expands. That expansion cracks the rocks from the inside and eventually breaks them apart. The freeze-thaw cycle happens over and over again and the break finally happens.

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