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rocks change form in a process called the rock cycle
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High pressure and high temperature cause rocks to?
High temperature and pressure can cause rocks to change their forms. This is known as metamorphic.High pressure and high temperature can cause rocks to change forms. This is known as metamorphic.
Why do rocks have different colors?
Rocks have different colors because some rocks contain different minerals. the rocks
How rocks change form is known as the what?
how rocks change form is the rock cycle.
How does acid cause weathering?
Acid rain is corrosive and reacts with the minerals in the rocks, sometimes dissolving them and sometimes making them change into a gas. This weakens the rocks which then fall apart and get washed away.
What takes place when minerals in rocks combine with air and chemical weathering?
The oxygen in the air combines with the minerals and the rocks change because the minerals are oxidizing. Oxidation can cause new chemical compounds such as iron oxide to form in the rocks.
Heat and pressure can cause some rocks to change into different types of rocks?
sedimentary rocks
How do the mountains rocks change colors o the minerals?
When you look at a rock and see different colors, those colors are minerals .The pressure and heat causes the minerals in the rock to change into different minerals which cause the different colors in the rocks.
Do rocks change into different rock in the rock cycle?
yes, rocks change. metamorphic, sedimantary and igneous rocks can change into eachother.
High pressure and high temperature cause rocks to?
High temperature and pressure can cause rocks to change their forms. This is known as metamorphic.High pressure and high temperature can cause rocks to change forms. This is known as metamorphic.
What cause rocks to change form and become metamorphic rocks?
heat and pressure
Wind and ice cause what sort of change in rocks?
Yes, this is why rocks in streams are generally smooth. Also, wind can shape rocks due to the small particles it carries.
Do sedimentary rocks change?
Yes they change as they go through different levels of the rock cycle
When heat and pressure cause a rock to change what type of rock is formed?
Metamorphic Rocks.
How can one type of rock change into several different metamorphic rocks?
yes :)
How does matter in rocks change to matter in water?
Water can dissolve some of the matter found in rocks. Also, through the alternating processes of freezing and melting, water can cause pieces of rocks to fall into it.
What is discolor?
It is to change or cause to change, to a different and less attractive colour
Why do rocks have different colors?
Rocks have different colors because some rocks contain different minerals. the rocks
