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Does plate movements help to drive the rock cycle?
Yes, because this can cause a volcano to erupt which will form igneous rock. This will then later lead to the rest of the cycle.
Do plate movements help drive the rock cycle to form volcanoes?
Yes. Most volcanoes on Earth are associated with plate boundaries.
Are the forces that drive the rock cycle beneath the earth's surface the same as the forces that drive the rock cycle on or near earth's surface?
The forces that drive the rock cycle beneath the earth's surface are not the same as the forces that drive the rock cycle on or near earth's surface because the processes of the rock cycle beneath the earth surface and above the earth surface are diffferent.
The rock cycle is driven primarily by water movement and?
plate tectonics
What is the relationship between plate tectonics and the Rock cycle?
Volcanoes tend to form where plates collide. They are the mechanisms by which magma reaches the surface of the Earth; magma may also flow to Earth's surface between the moving plates at a divergent boundary. Called lava on Earth's surface, it cools and forms igneous rock. Igneous rock is a type of rock in the rock cycle. Through weathering, igneous rocks can become sediment, which eventually can become sedimentary rock. This sedimentary rock, or the original igneous rock, can also become metamorphic rock when exposed to heat and pressure beneath Earth's surface. Metamorphic rocks in turn melt and become magma. This magma plus additional magma from theEarth's interior begin the cycle again.
Does plate movements help to drive the rock cycle?
Yes, because this can cause a volcano to erupt which will form igneous rock. This will then later lead to the rest of the cycle.
Do plate movements help drive the rock cycle to form volcanoes?
Yes. Most volcanoes on Earth are associated with plate boundaries.
What is the rock cycle and what is the role of plate tectonics in the rock cycle?
The rock cycle is a series of processes on Earth's surface and in the crust and mantle that slowly change rocks from one kind to another.Plate movements start the rock cycle by helping to form magma, the source of igneous rocks. Plate movements also cause faulting, folding, and other motions of the crust that help to form sedimentary and metamorphic rocks.
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
How can plate movements move through the rock?
It is the rock itself that makes up the plate, and it is the rock itself that is moving. It is thought by some that heat vectors from deep within the earth are the engines that drive plate movement.
What powers earth's rock cycle?
Heat from the Earth's core which drives lithospheric plate movements, and provides a magnetosphere which allows an atmosphere to exist. english not random stuff please
In addition to plate tectonics what is the other main driving force of the rock cycle?
Water flow
Are the forces that drive the rock cycle beneath the earth's surface the same as the forces that drive the rock cycle on or near earth's surface?
The forces that drive the rock cycle beneath the earth's surface are not the same as the forces that drive the rock cycle on or near earth's surface because the processes of the rock cycle beneath the earth surface and above the earth surface are diffferent.
What is a tectonic plate made of?
== == A tectonic plate is made of rock in various stages of the rock cycle, the vast majority being composed of igneous rock.
How are plate movements related to the rock cycle?
Where is this "rock". Is it in the over thrust, then most likely to become a sedimentary rock. It could be exposed to the elements and worn down. If it is in the down thrust part, then maybe a metamorphic, due to the new pressure from above. Or if a break in the crust occurs, and our little rock is caught up in a high heat environment with melting occurring and cooling to follow, we get that igneous rock. So again it's the old real estate saying, location, location, location.
What keeps the rock cycle going?
The weather and plate tectonics.
What material is a tectonic plate made of?
== == A tectonic plate is made of rock in various stages of the rock cycle, the vast majority being composed of igneous rock.
