Which of the following ONLY lists types of mechanical weathering? Your

abrasion, ice wedging, oxidation, hydrolysis

release of pressure, freezing and thawing, abrasion, animal actions

acid rain, oxidation, hydrolysis, ice wedging

You would be correct, boiling water does disinfect contamination.    the property of disinfecting means to kill  germs, bacteria and other pathogens or contamination  that might cause an infection or cause a person to become sickly. a couple methods of disinfecting are using soap, other cleaning supplies or by simply "boiling" the contaminate.  the reason why boiling water disinfects certain attributes is because some cells cannot survive the heat and pressure.