Frost wedging occurs when rocks are broken into smaller pieces by water freezing and expanding in the cracks of the rock. Frost wedging is considered a part of which step in the rock cycle?

A.
weathering

B.
transportation

C.
deposition

D.
lithification

1 answer

A. weathering

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