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Rock is continually recycled into new forms of rock by the processes of weathering, erosion and lithification, melting and solidification, or by pressure and/or heat causing recrystallization and changes in mineralization.
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Which type of weathering causes the mineral composition of rocks to change?
mechanical weathering
What stress causes rocks to pull apart?
The type of stress that causes rocks to pull apart is a tension stress. It is the major type of stress found in divergent plate boundaries.
What type of weathering causes rocks to decay?
Wind, water, and freezing all cause rocks to erode or weather.
Which type of rock forms when exteme heat and pressure is applied?
Heat and pressure causes Metamorphic Rocks to form.
How does two rocks rubbing together make sparks?
Rubbing of every two rocks doesn't create fire... those are special type of rocks...perhaps having some amount of phosphorus in them... when they are rubbed...friction causes heating which causes them to initiate sparks
How can rocks change from one type to another?
metamorphism: reaching the parent rock's threshold for either temperature and/or pressure causes a change in the rock facies.
Can a rock chang to a type of rock to another?
rocks can change from one type of rock to another, or not change at all
Which type of weathering causes the mineral composition of rocks to change?
mechanical weathering
Can rocks from one from one type to another?
metamorphism: reaching the parent rock's threshold for either temperature and/or pressure causes a change in the rock facies.
What is the process called when rocks change to another type?
The process is referred to as metamorphism.
What is it called when rocks continually change from one type to another?
The rock cycle
What causes rocks to change from one type to another type?
Rock is continually recycled into new forms of rock by the processes of weathering, erosion and lithification, melting and solidification, or by pressure and/or heat causing recrystallization and changes in mineralization.
What type of rocks change into metamorphic rocks?
Ignitous rocks
What is the process that helps create the different types of rocks?
weathering can change one type of rock to another
What rocks change from one type to another over a million years?
i don't know but look in wikipidie to see your answer
What causes rocks to pull apart?
The type of stress that causes rocks to pull apart is a tension stress. It is the major type of stress found in divergent plate boundaries.
How do rocks changeover time?
Heat and pressure inside the earth and weathering and erosion on the surface of the earth cause rocks to change from one type to another over time.
