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    The rock cycle document describes the processes by which rocks are transformed between three main types - igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic. Rocks move between the types through weathering, erosion, cementation, compaction, melting, cooling, crystallization, and changes in heat and pressure. The rock cycle is influenced by plate tectonics as geological processes near plate boundaries transform rocks in the crust.

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    The rock cycle document describes the processes by which rocks are transformed between three main types - igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic. Rocks move between the types through weathering, erosion, cementation, compaction, melting, cooling, crystallization, and changes in heat and pressure. The rock cycle is influenced by plate tectonics as geological processes near plate boundaries transform rocks in the crust.

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    Rock Cycle

    http://earthref.org/SCC

    Scripps Classroom Connection

    IGNEOUS
    ROCK

    SEDIMENT
    MAGMA

    METAMORPHIC
    ROCK

    http://earthref.org/SCC

    SEDIMENTARY
    ROCK

    Scripps Classroom Connection

    Processes by which you can transform rocks from one type to


    another
    Igneous to Sedimentary:
    Need to make sediment from igneous rock first:
    Weathering and Erosion

    Then transform sediment into sedimentary rock:


    Cementation and Compaction

    Sedimentary to Metamorphic:
    Change sedimentary rock into metamorphic rock:
    Heat and Pressure

    Metamorphic to Igneous:
    Need to make a magma first before you can make an igneous rock:
    Melting

    Then transform magma into igneous rock:


    Cooling and Crystallization
    http://earthref.org/SCC

    Scripps Classroom Connection

    IGNEOUS
    ROCK
    COOLING and
    CRYSTALLIZATION

    WEATHERING
    and EROSION

    SEDIMENT
    MAGMA

    MELTING

    METAMORPHIC
    ROCK

    http://earthref.org/SCC

    CEMENTATION and
    COMPACTION

    HEAT and
    PRESSURE

    SEDIMENTARY
    ROCK

    Scripps Classroom Connection

    WilsonAnimations
    Cycle

    How Plate Tectonics Relate


    to the Rock Cycle
    http://earthref.org/SCC

    Scripps Classroom Connection

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