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A very basic answer: Igneous Rocks are formed from the magma in the Earth's core, the elements will break the rock down into sediments, the sediments will settle and eventually will become Sedimentary Rock, Sedimentary Rock will either be eroded again or will be pushed back down into the Earth. This intense pressure will mutate the rock into a Metamorphic Rock. It may eventually end up back in the Earth's core as magma as time passes. The rock cycle.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 6y agoIt depicts what happens to rocks once they have formed, what changes they undergo under certain conditions and it does so in a way that explains that a rock can be altered and come around to "resurface" in the original rock type. For instance, an igneous rock crystallizes, weathers down and deposits in the form of a sedimentary rock. This rock gets subjected to high heat and pressure and gets metamorphosed (metamorphic rock). Eventually, gets subducted and experiences decompression melting pooling in a magma chamber. Plumes of this magma might erupt again on the surface coming full circle as an igneous rock.
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∙ 11y agoIt doesnt, most people 99% have no notion that it even exists! (only Geology related career oriented people will be familiar with it usually...unless you read wikianswers ;-D
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∙ 15y agoThe rock cycles are used to understand how rocks are made and how they change from metamorphic to sedamentary and so on. It is a chart to explain it.
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∙ 10y agorock cycle is important to planet earth as it work on decreasing the topographic differences variations by the methods of dispersal of sediments
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∙ 13y agoIn rock cycle the rock gets converted into sand which is made up of silicon dioxide which is used in the manufacture of microchips.
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What planets have a rock cycle?
Earth definitely does. Possibly Venus and Mars have (or have had) a rock cycle of some sort, too. However, Venus and Mars lack liquid water and tectonic plates, which are important in Earth's rock cycle. On Earth, the rock types involved in the cycle are igneous (of volcanic origin), sedimentary and metamorphic.
What kind of planet is the planet earth?
The planet Earth is a terrestrial planet and the only planet known that has life on it.
What is the texture of planet Earth?
solid rock
Is the earth 2nd 3rd or 4th planet from the sun?
Yes, Earth is the third planet from the Sun.
What number is earth in the solar-system?
The Earth is the 3rd planet from the sun. (third rock from the sun, you remember that?)
Why is the rock cycle is unique to the planet earth?
Because the rock cycle includes flowing water and no other planet has flowing water.
What planets have a rock cycle?
Earth definitely does. Possibly Venus and Mars have (or have had) a rock cycle of some sort, too. However, Venus and Mars lack liquid water and tectonic plates, which are important in Earth's rock cycle. On Earth, the rock types involved in the cycle are igneous (of volcanic origin), sedimentary and metamorphic.
Why is earth a rock?
Earth is not a rock, it is a planet. If anything rock is earth but earth is not rock.
How do forces inside earth drive the rock cycle?
Earth's surface and inside the planet slowly change rocks from one kind to another.
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 changes solid earth the most?
the rock cycle
Why does'nt the rock cycle end?
Other than the fact that cycles do not end... the rock cycle cannot end, because if it did...all life on the planet would cease to exist. The rock cycle helps move nutrients to different areas of the planet...
Is the rock cycle important to living organisms?
no. it is the other way around. living organisms are important to the rock cycle.
Why does the rock cycle play a significant part in the history of the earth?
The rock cycle plays a significant part in the history of Earth, because of its orbit
What kind of planet is the planet earth?
The planet Earth is a terrestrial planet and the only planet known that has life on it.
Is your planet made of mostly gas or rock?
Earth is a rocky planet.
What is the texture of planet Earth?
solid rock
