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Absolutely. If a rock is heated up by subduction into deeper parts of the earth, or even if it is in contact with other molten rocks (like lava) it can melt.
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What happens during a rock cycle?
Rocks change form
What happens to rocks during the rock cycle?
Justin Bieber!
What do plate movements causes that drives rocks through the rock cycle?
Pushing the rocks back into the mantle, where they melt and become magma again. plate movements also cause the folding, faulting, uplift of the crust that move rocks through the rock cycle
What is is rock cycle?
The Rock Cycle contributes to the formation of rocks : ~ )
Why are compaction and cementation important to sedimentary rocks?
Well, this is simply because this is apart of the life cycle of a rock and this makes the rock melt, and then it can respawn again LOL jokes not really sure... the rock would melt if there was also heat involved
What rocks are not formed by the rock cycle?
Some extraterrestrial rocks were not formed via the terrestrial rock cycle.
How does the rock cycle recycle rocks?
The rock cycle can recycle rocks from melting and giving pressures to sediments.
Image the temperature inside earth was no longer hot how might this affect the rock cycle?
Rocks and the Rock Cycle. ROCKS: Rocks, rocks, rocks. Weathering is all about rocks.
What is the process that leads all types of rocks to become magma?
Rock Cycle: Igneous Rock with erosion give sediments which will compact to give Sedimentary Rock which with heat and pressure give Metamorphic Rocks which will melt with heat and pressure to give magma
What are intermediate materials in a rock cycle?
In the Rock Cycle : The Rocks are- Sedimentary Rocks, Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks. The Intermediate Materials are- Sediments and Magma
Are thunder eggs sedimentary and igneous rocks?
The minerals start off as a sedimentary rock, then melt and reform into igneous rocks during volcanic activity.
How does mineral get into rocks?
Minerals become part of rocks through various means that are present in the rock cycle. These could include precipitation from solutions, solidifying from melt, or recrystallization from heat and pressure.
