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Which describes the physical weathering of rock by water?(1 point)
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Water dissolves rock into a solution.
Water dissolves rock into a solution.

Water carries away pieces of rock.
Water carries away pieces of rock.

Water breaks down a rock into smaller pieces with the same composition as the larger rock.
Water breaks down a rock into smaller pieces with the same composition as the larger rock.

Any break down of a rock is the same as physical weathering of rock by water.

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Water breaks down a rock into smaller pieces with the same composition as the larger rock.

(Physical weathering changes size/shape without changing composition; dissolving is chemical weathering and "carrying away" is erosion/transport.)