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Any extreme heat. Lava, fire, kiln, blowtorch (if the rock is soft enough.)

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What are two thing that could happen to metamorphic rock to continue the rock cycle?

Weathering or melt.


When rocks melt what kind of rocks do they become?

Molten Rock when the rock is cooled the rock could form a different shape


How does a Sedimentary rock to an igneous rock?

The sedimentary rocks would have to melt and cool again to make an igneous rock.


From the rock cycle describe the changes that a sedimentary rock could undergo?

A sedimentary rock could undergo heat and pressure to become a metamorphic rock, melt into an igneous rock, or get weathered, eroded and deposited into another sedimentary rock


How could a metamorphic rock go to a igneous rock?

If a metamorphic rock were to reach the mantle and melt, it would become magma. If that magma were then to recrystallize it would be an igneous rock.


What rock is created when minerals melt?

No rock is created when minerals melt. Igneous rock is formed when molten rock solidifies.


Can lava melt rock in the mountain?

Underground molten rock, called magma, does melt some of the surrounding rock.


How might a sedimentary rock become an igneos rock?

IF the sedimentary rock is taken down deep into the earth in a subduction zone, it could melt and form lave.


What are two things that cold happen to a metamorphic rock to continue the rock cycle?

It could be weathered forming sediments, or it could be subducted at a plate margin, melt and form magma.


If exposed to high enough temperatures and pressures long-buried igneous rock could?

Melt and recrystallize


If exposed to high enough temperatures and pressure long buried igneous rock could?

Melt and recrystallize


What happens to a old rusty piece of granite?

It gets weathered into sediment or it could be subjected to heat and pressure and become a metamorphic rock, or it could melt into magma and cool into an igneous rock.