Question

Read about a process that helps shape Earth’s surface.

Water on Earth’s surface seeps into rocks. When water in the cracks freezes, it expands and breaks the rocks apart. This process is called frost wedging.

Which spheres interact when this process occurs?

A) atmosphere, biosphere, cryosphere
B) hydrosphere, cryosphere, geosphere
C) biosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere
D) cryosphere, atmosphere, geosphere

Answer 1

The answer is B) hydrosphere, cryosphere, geosphere

Answer 2

The correct answer is option B, that is, hydrosphere, cryosphere, and geosphere.

Freeze wedging is the resultant of the frequent freeze-thaw. Frost wedging takes place as the consequence of the 9 percent expansion of water then it is transformed into ice. The cracks occupied with water further expands and dissociates the rocks apart.

In this process, the interaction between the hydrosphere, cryosphere, and geosphere takes place. The hydrosphere refers to the constituent of the Earth, which comprises of all the liquid water present on the planet.

The cryosphere refers to the frozen water component of the Earth system, and geosphere refers to the solid components of the Earth.