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How does the sun and wind influence the formation of soil?

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(i) The Sun heats up rocks during the day so that they expand. At night, the rocks cool down and contract. This unequal expansion and contraction in different parts of the rock results in the formation of cracks.

(ii) Minute rock particles are carried away by the blowing wind and deposited elsewhere.

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