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What does cooling mean in rock cycle?

It means a gradual decrease of temperature


What is the definition of cooling in the rock cycle?

Cooling in the rock cycle means when the rock for example: Igneous rock is transforming it needs to cool when its first magma


What factors and processes can affect the pathway that igneous rock takes in the rock cycle?

Melting and cooling


How does cooling help with the rock cycle?

It helps because the process of heating is crucial in rocks.


Which process cannot happen in a rock cycle?

Sedimentary melting cooling and hardening Metamorphic


Which material is not moving in the rock cycle?

The material that does not move in the rock cycle is the Earth's core. It remains at the center of the Earth and does not undergo the same processes of erosion, melting, and cooling that rocks do on the Earth's surface.


What is the name of the model that illustrates the origin of the three basic rock types?

The model that illustrates the origin of the three basic rock types is called the rock cycle. It shows how igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks are interrelated through processes like melting, cooling, weathering, and metamorphism.


What are the rock cycle?

Rock cycle mean when one type of rock changes into another type under a great heat and preasure


What is the continuous changing of rocks from one type to another called?

The rock cycle.


What are all parts of the rock cycle?

weathering,erosion, deposition,compaction,cenentation,metaorphism,melting,cooling and solidfication


Is the rock cycle a opened or closed system?

The rock cycle is a closed system because the total amount of rock material on Earth remains constant; it is continuously recycled and transformed into different rock types through processes like weathering, erosion, melting, and cooling.


Do all rocks go through the rock cycle?

Yes. All rocks are at some point in the rock cycle depending on its own composition and the environment it is in (it can be subject to weathering to form sedimentary rocks, high temperature and pressure to form metamorphic rocks, or melting and cooling to form igneous rocks)