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How does igneous rock changes into sedimentery rock?

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By weathering either by physical or chemical weathering.

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True or false sedimentary rock can be formed from changes in igneous rock but idneous rock cannot be formed changes in the sedimentary rock?

False Sedimetary rocks can be formed from changes in igneous rock, and igneous rock can be from changes in sedimentary rock.


Is granite metamorphic or sedimentery?

none of the above. it is igneous


Which process changes igneous rock into igneous rock?

Melting and crystallization.


Why do rock and not fossils form sedimentary rock and not igneous rock?

Because sedimentery rock is formed under the sea, sediment collects at the bottom of the ocean, and so does a few dead sea creatures, then t gets squashed by other sediment, igneous rock is formed by lava cooling, so there is no fossils in it.


Which metamorphic rock changes to an igneous rock?

Any metamorphic rock can melt and recrystallize and become an igneous rock.


How a sedimentary rock can turn into a igneous rock?

it gets weathered into sediment, then it gets washed into the ocean, sediment layers up over millions of years, and it gets squashed into sedimentery rock, then metamorphic and so on.


Can a sedimentary rock turn into igneous rock?

it gets weathered into sediment, then it gets washed into the ocean, sediment layers up over millions of years, and it gets squashed into sedimentery rock, then metamorphic and so on.


Why do rock fossil form in sedimentary rock and not in igneous rock?

Because sedimentery rock is formed under the sea, sediment collects at the bottom of the ocean, and so does a few dead sea creatures, then t gets squashed by other sediment, igneous rock is formed by lava cooling, so there is no fossils in it.


Why do fossils form in sedimentary rock and not in igneous rock?

Because sedimentery rock is formed under the sea, sediment collects at the bottom of the ocean, and so does a few dead sea creatures, then t gets squashed by other sediment, igneous rock is formed by lava cooling, so there is no fossils in it.


Why do rocks fossils form in sedimentary rock and not in igneous rock?

Because sedimentery rock is formed under the sea, sediment collects at the bottom of the ocean, and so does a few dead sea creatures, then t gets squashed by other sediment, igneous rock is formed by lava cooling, so there is no fossils in it.


Metamorphic rocks can only be formed from?

Well, metamorphic rocks can be formed from sedimentary rock OR igneous rock OR other metamorphic rock that has been pushed far beneath the crust of the earth.


Is sandstone an metamorphic rock?

no, it's a sedimentery rock.