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.
Since there are no net gains or losses, this cycle is known as a closed system. The rate at which water moves through the system will vary; some will be strrored for thousands of years in the deep oceans and ice caps. In contrast water remains only a short time in the atmosphere before returning to Earth as precipation.
The type of rock that likely formed first to initiate the rock cycle is igneous rock.
The rock cycle is a continuous process of rock formation and transformation, where rocks change from one type to another over time. This cyclical nature means that rocks can be weathered, eroded, melted, and reformed constantly, without a clear starting or ending point, forming a closed loop of rock transformation on Earth.
A rock cycle is a model that shows the cycle of rocks from the formation to the breakdown and to the reformation. He used a rock cycle for his science project.
The stage in the rock cycle where every type of rock can go through directly is the metamorphic stage. This is where rocks are subjected to intense heat and pressure, causing them to change into new types of rocks without needing to go through the other stages of the rock cycle.
Since there are no net gains or losses, this cycle is known as a closed system. The rate at which water moves through the system will vary; some will be strrored for thousands of years in the deep oceans and ice caps. In contrast water remains only a short time in the atmosphere before returning to Earth as precipation.
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The wwe restaurant in New york in times square is closed and is now the Hard rock Cafe but they have one in Niagara Falls, Canada and it is awesome.
Open. The phosphorous enters the system in mineral form (apatite is a type of rock that weathers into available mineral phosphorous) or from animal sources (guano, bone). Water will wash away phosphates which will cause a need for more. The availability of phosphate is a huge limiter in plant growth.
No, the rock cycle does not have to start from the sedimentary rock
The rock cycle and water cycle both are natural.
It is called the Rock Cycle.
there is no beginning or end of the rock cycle
The Rock Cycle contributes to the formation of rocks : ~ )
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No Rock Comes First... its a cycle
A closed system maintains itself on a limited amount of resources that are entrenched in that particular system. Energy can be exchanged with other systems, but not any actual matter. Therefore, some of what goes on in the environment is considered a closed system, but not a whole lot. Open systems are much more common. In an open system, necessary resources are renewed and exchanged on a regular basis. Many ecosystems, for example, rely on the sun to constantly import energy into their basic cycles. Then there's a limited amount of nutrients to go around -- such as carbon, nitrogen and phosphorous -- and they're constantly cycled around. Some common cycles include the hydrological cycle, rock cycle and the carbon cycle. http://curiosity.discovery.com/question/difference-closed-open-system