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Using the rock cycle what has to happen for an igneous rock turn into a sedimentary rock?
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An igneous rock would need to weather and erode, the sediments transported by wind, water, ice, or gravity to a place of deposition where they would undergo compaction and cementation, thus creating a sedimentary rock.
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What would happen to the rock cycle if erosion didn't happen?
Igneous and Metamorphic rocks could not be able to form into Sedimentary Rocks
What are the three types of rocks involved in the rock cycle?
They are igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic due to weathering, erosion, heat, and pressure
What in no more than three sentences can you explain the rock cycle?
Igneous rock can change into sedimentary rock or into metamorphic rock. Sedimentary rock can change into metamorphic rock or into igneous rock. Metamorphic rock can change into igneous or sedimentary rock.
Is it possible for rocks to skip sedimentary in the rock cycle?
Yes a rock can change from metamorphic to igneous back to metamorphic the rock cycle does not go in order unless magma cools into igneous and sediment changes into sedimentary rock
In the rock cycle the process by which an igneous rock changes to a sedimentary rock must begin with?
erosion
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
What are the 3 rocks in the rock cycle?
Three (3) rocks in the rock cycle are sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rock.
What would happen to the rock cycle if erosion didn't happen?
Igneous and Metamorphic rocks could not be able to form into Sedimentary Rocks
Why is a sedimentary rock formed into a igneous rock?
It's the process of the rock cycle. Its gonna happen sooner or later.
What are the stage of rock cycle?
sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic
What are the different rocks in the rock cycle?
sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous
What are the three types of rocks cycle?
Metamorphic, Sedimentary, Igneous
What are the three types of rocks involved in the rock cycle?
They are igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic due to weathering, erosion, heat, and pressure
Why must igneous come before sedimentary in the rock cycle?
For most purposes there is no "beginning" to the rock cycle. Any rock can be weathered away and remade into sedimentary rock. Igneous rocks are sometimes depicted as the start of the rock cycle because the first rocks on Earth were igneous.
What part of the rock cycle happens after the igneous rock?
sedimentary rock
Is there a sentence with the word rock cycle?
Igneous rock can weather and become sedimentary rock . Metamorphic rock can be melted in a volcano and become igneous rock. Igneous rock and sedimentary rock can be heated and pressurized to form metamorphic rock.
What in no more than three sentences can you explain the rock cycle?
Igneous rock can change into sedimentary rock or into metamorphic rock. Sedimentary rock can change into metamorphic rock or into igneous rock. Metamorphic rock can change into igneous or sedimentary rock.
