How are rocks constantly bring formed and destroyed?

Answer 1

Metamorphic rock is very tough, but it can be slowly destroyed by various erosive processes; the weather, the lichen, etc. It can be destroyed faster by miners. Metamorphic rock is recycled in nature by weathering and erosion, or by melting. Both processes can lead to the formation of new rock types.

Answer 2

Rocks are "destroyed" by humans through use and by nature through erosion or melting. Actually, rocks are not really "destroyed." Geologically, although they make take some detours, they are in the process of the rock cycle.

Answer 3

After exposure to the surface, igneous rocks begin the process of weathering. Small particles will be worn and washed away by wind and water and deposited in low lying bodies of water where they may eventually be cemented together by mineral solutions and form sedimentary rock.

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They are eroded chemically and mechanically.

Answer 4

Rocks are formed through one of three ways:

1. They are the result of cooled lava.

2. They are made from sediment (clay, sand, small bits of other rock) that has been tightly compressed.

3. They are made from one of the two above processes, and then given prolonged exposure to heat and pressure.

These methods form igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks, respectively.

Rocks can be destroyed in several different ways.

• They can be dissolved with acid.
• They can be shattered with brute force.
• They can be eroded, or weathered down by water, wind, or plant roots breaking through them.
• As a tectonic sheet is pushed through the Earth's crust, they can be crushed and/or melted by magma.

The earths crust is constantly being recycled, as new crust starts being created old crust than gets destroyed leaving rocks.

Answer 5

Sedimentary rock becomes smaller and smaller due to physical and chemical weathering. Metamorphism and melt would also create new material from sedimentary rock.

Answer 6

Using dynamite