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Rock Cycle

Rock Cycle. Rock Cycle. Rock Cycle-Continuous changing and remaking of rocks Any of the 3 types of rocks can be transformed into another type of rock by natural Earth processes. Igneous Rocks. Igneous rocks are formed from the crystallization of magma

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Rock Cycle

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  1. Rock Cycle

  2. Rock Cycle • Rock Cycle-Continuous changing and remaking of rocks • Any of the 3 types of rocks can be transformed into another type of rock by natural Earth processes

  3. Igneous Rocks • Igneous rocks are formed from the crystallization of magma • Granite-Makes up Earth’s continental crust • Basalt-Makes up Earth’s oceanic crust

  4. Sedimentary Rocks • Sedimentary rocks are rocks that were formed through the deposition and solidification of sediments • Sediments-Pieces of solid material • Sandstone, Limestone

  5. Metamorphic Rocks • Metamorphic rocks form when rocks are changed by heat and/or pressure • The heat allows atoms to rearrange themselves • Gneiss, Marble

  6. Rock Cycle • Igneous Rock Formation: • Sedimentary and Metamorphic rocks can be melted down, and then cooled to form igneous rocks

  7. Rock Cycle • Sedimentary Rock Formation: • Igneous or Metamorphic rocks can become weathered and eroded and then lithified (cemented together) into sedimentary rocks

  8. Rock Cycle • Metamorphic Rock Formation: • Igneous and Sedimentary Rocks can be transformed by heat or pressure to form metamorphic rocks

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