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What is the name of the cycle that describes how rock changes over time between Sedimentary Igneous and metamorphic forms?
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the rock cycle
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What describes the dynamic changes between sedimentary metamorphic and igneous substances.?
rock cycle
What does cycle?
cycle means it cycles between sedimentary,metamorphic and igneous rocks. cycle means it cycles between sedimentary,metamorphic and igneous rocks. -Mrs.Zalenski
Is the difference between metamorphic rock igneous rock and sedimentary rock?
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How would you know the difference between igneous and sedimentary and metamorphic rock?
Sedimentary rocks tend to have layers. Igneous rocks tend to have crystals. If you don't see layers or crystals, the rock might be metamorphic.
What is the name for rocks changing between sedimentary metamorphic and igneous rock?
The rock cycle.
What is the name for rocks changing between sedimentary metamorphic and igneous rocks?
The rock cycle.
Is lime stone an igneous rock?
No, a limestone is a sedimentary rock. There are three types of rocks: sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous. That's the simple answer for the complex distinctions between the types of rocks.
How are metamorphic sedimentary and igneous rocks continues?
Igneous rocks are formed from the cooling of magma that rises up from the mantle. Sedimentary rocks are formed from the compaction of small grains of weathered igneaous or metamorphic rock. Metamorphic rocks are formed from the action of heat and/or pressure on igneous or sedimentary rocks. Finally, subduction process at certain plate boundaries return all three rock types to the mantle. So there exists a contiuous cycle between the three types of rock; starting with igneous rocks, perhaps becoming sedimentary rock or metamorphic rock or both, then returning to the mantle.
How are sedimentary and metamorphic rocks similar and different?
They are both rocks. Sedimentary can contain metamorphic rocks. and vice versa.
What is the major difference between igneous and metamorphic rocks?
igneous rocks started as melted lava and cooled to be rocks. Metamorphic rock started as a sedimentary rock, and was heated up and put under pressure to create the metamorphic rock. Classic example - igneous = obsidian. Metamorphic = marble (marble is limestone that's been heated and squeezed a lot).
What is the difference between a igneous rock and basalt?
basalt is an igneous rock. Igneous is one of the three main types of rock, (igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary) and means, "formed from fire" It includes any rock that cooled directly from a magma or lava state.
What is an igneous intrusion between two sedimentary rock layers?
A laccolith is an igneous formation between two sedimentary layers
