Answer:
A. When water moves into a crack and freezes, it expands and forces the crack wider.
Explanation:
A crack in a rock can fill with water which then freezes as the temperature drops. As the ice expands, it pushes the crack apart, making the crack larger. When the temperature rises again, the ice melts, and the water fills the newer parts of the crack. Once the water freezes again when the temperature drops, the expansion of the ice causes further expansion to the crack.
The rate of dissolution simply tells us how fast or slow a given solute will dissolve in a particular solvent. There are four main factors that affect this rate: temperature, stirring, area of contact, and saturation.
Answer:
8 electrons
Explanation:
As per the <u>octet rule</u>, the atoms possess a tendency to bond in a manner that every atom must have at least eight(8) electrons in its outermost/valence shell. It can be done either by sharing, gaining, or losing electrons from one atom to another. According to this rule, flourine would have 8 electrons in its outer shell after two shared electrons are given to it.
