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What is the changing and evolution of rocks from one type of rock to another that takes place over time?
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It is known as the rock cycle.
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The process of rocks forming from other materials and changing from one kind of rock to another kind?
Rock cycle
Which type of rocks are produced by changing other rocks with high temperature and pressure underground?
Metamorphic rocks are produced by changing other rocks with temperature and pressure underground.
How does the age of rocks in the seafloor provide evidence of seafloor spreading?
Rocks in the seafloor are moving one place to another
What type of rock is a metamorphic?
the word "metamorphic"is derived from greek which wean changing form.Therefore metamorphic rocks are the rocks which are formed when one type of rock changes into another type after having been subjected under intense heat or pressure.the process of changing one rock type to another rock is calle rock cycle
What is Continuous changing and reforming of rocks?
Rock cycle
Changing of rocks from one kind to another?
Is called metamorphism.
What does evolution do with rocks?
Evolves them into super-rocks.
What do paleontologists use to determine age of rocks?
Paleontologists use fossils to determine the relative ages of rocks. Due to evolution the fossil assemblage in rocks changes over time and the different assemblages can therfore be used to place the rocks in which an assemblage is found in its place in the evolutionary sequence.
What is the definition of chemical weathering in a science textbook?
The breaking down of large rocks into sediment, or smaller rocks, and changing the rock into another substance
What is the carrying of rocks and soil from one place to another?
Erosion
Is it true or false that rocks are always changing form from one type of rock to another?
False
How does erosion affects rocks?
Erosion causes them to be moved from one place to another place.
Where does the process of rocks changing form take place?
It can take place in the ground near the middle of the earth or it can take place in a creek, lake, river, or ocean.
What is the continuous changing of rocks from one type to another called?
The rock cycle.
The process of rocks forming from other materials and changing from one kind of rock to another kind?
Rock cycle
Which type of rocks are produced by changing other rocks with high temperature and pressure underground?
Metamorphic rocks are produced by changing other rocks with temperature and pressure underground.
Which type of rocks are produced by changing other rocks with high temperature and pressures underground?
Metamorphic rocks are produced by changing other rocks with temperature and pressure underground.
