Assertion: soil's water | /r/CapableOf | break rock
Facets:
value: by the intrusion of plant roots
type: MANNER
value: into smaller pieces
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Water, ice, plant roots, heating and cooling of rocks, and rocks bumping into one another can break the rocks into smaller pieces.
text: It goes like this: Water seeps into the rock, freezes, cracks the rock, breaks pieces off.
text: Regolith is created from bedrock through many natural means, including weathering, exposure to water or chemicals that break down the rock, thermal expansion or destruction of bedrock by the intrusion of plant roots.