Students performed an experiment to observe how water interacts with the rock cycle. The diagram here shows the before, during, and after images for their experiment. What hypothesis do the results support in this experiment?
As water flows, it moves larger rocks more slowly than smaller ones.
As water freezes, its expansion causes cracks in rocks to expand as well, contributing to weathering.
Chemical properties of the water caused the rock to disintegrate, contributing to erosion.
Mechanical breakdown of rock is easier to observe than chemical breakdown of rock.