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The Earth itself is not a proactive agent, it is Earth processes that cause change. These Earth processes are driven by the heat in Earth's core and incident Solar radiation.
Processes at Earth's surface cause the weathering and breakdown of exposed rocks and the sediments which result from this get transported and deposited to form new Sedimentary rocks.
Movements of the continental plates causes rocks comprising the crust to be buried deeper, squashed and heated (sometimes to the point of melting - making new Igneous rocks) and in this new environment new minerals and fabrics form in the rocks which are now called Metamorphic rocks.
Over geologic time these processes repeat in what is called the "Rock Cycle".
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What is the rock cycle including descriptions of how one type of rock can change into another type?
It is called the Rock Cycle.
Is there one kind of rock that cannot change into another kind of rock?
No every rock is able to change into anther
When Magma is launched from a volcano forms what type of rock?
A volcano is made of extrusive igneous rock. The specific type of igneous rock will vary from one volcano to another.
What is it called when one kind of rock changes into another kind of rock?
The environmetal factors (temperature, pressure, chemical reactions, bacteries) provoke change of rocks.
Are all rocks the same if not why?
nope < they are like snowflakes all one of a kind . i think they are all the same because sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rock can change into one another during the rock cycle so yes they are the same
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
What is the continuous change from one type of rock to another type of rock?
metamorphosis
What is the change of rock from one type to another?
male to female
What is the rock cycle including descriptions of how one type of rock can change into another type?
It is called the Rock Cycle.
What is a diagram that shows how roks change from one type to another?
rock cycle
What is it called when rocks continually change from one type to another?
The rock cycle
Can sedimentary rock form directly from metamorphic rock?
yes it can- metamorphic has to change into one type of rock after it is changed from another.
Give one type of example of how one type of rock can change into another type of rock?
an igneous rock can be left out and have weathering erosion crush it sorta and make sediments and have the sediments be cemented and turned into a sedimentary rock
Scientists use rock cycle to describe what process?
The rock cycle is how one type of rock can be changed into another type of rock.
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.
What is the continuous process by which one type of rock changes into another?
The rock cycle is the process through which rocks change from one type to another. This process includes melting, metamorphism, uplift, weathering, and burial. Metamorphism is specifically the change of pre-existing rock into new rock through pressure and temperature.
The series of changes that describes how geologic forces cause rock to change from one type to another is known as?
the rock cycle
