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What are the 3 major rock types and how can they change from one to another type?
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The three major categories of rocks are igneous rocks, sedimentary rocks, and metamorphic rocks.
Other kinds of rock can changes to igneous by being melted and then solidifying again.
Other kinds of rock can be change to sedimentary by being weathered, then transported, then deposited, and then consolidated.
Other kinds of rock can be changed to metamorphic when their structure is altered by great heat or pressure or both.
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What is the process that helps create the different types of rocks?
weathering can change one type of rock to another
What different types of rock can change form?
Rocks can change from one form to another from the results of weathering and erosion, or by stresses caused by heat or pressure, either over time or suddenly. Rocks can also change by a process called mesasomatism, where the chemistry of a rock is changed by ion transfer via hot circulating fluids.
What types of rock can be changed to a ingenious rock?
I think you mean igneous rock, not ingenious. Answer is none. Igneous rock can change to metamorphic rock.
What is the continuous change from one type of rock to another type of rock?
metamorphosis
What three major rock groups change into by natural forces?
sediment
Which of the types of rocks can only be formed by the chemical change of another rock?
metamorphic
What types of rocks can only be formed by the chemical change of another rock?
metamorphic
What is the process that helps create the different types of rocks?
weathering can change one type of rock to another
Are there four major rock types?
no
What is the purpose of the Rock Cycle?
The rock cycle explains how the three rock types are related to each other, and how processes change from one type to another over time.
Can a rock chang to a type of rock to another?
rocks can change from one type of rock to another, or not change at all
Brief description of the rock cycle?
The rock cycle is the process in which rocks continually change from one type to another. The three different types of rock that are in the rock cycle are called, metamorphic, Igneous, and sedimentary.
How can a sedimentary rock change into another sedimentary rock F.T.W.?
It can change when it is eroded and weathered.
What different types of rock can change form?
Rocks can change from one form to another from the results of weathering and erosion, or by stresses caused by heat or pressure, either over time or suddenly. Rocks can also change by a process called mesasomatism, where the chemistry of a rock is changed by ion transfer via hot circulating fluids.
Is there one kind of rock that cannot change into another kind of rock?
No every rock is able to change into anther
What types of rock can be changed to a ingenious rock?
I think you mean igneous rock, not ingenious. Answer is none. Igneous rock can change to metamorphic rock.
Can youdetermine if one rock can change into another?
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