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Rock Cycle

The rock cycle describes the continuous transformation of rocks through geological processes. Igneous rocks can change into sedimentary rocks through weathering and erosion or into metamorphic rocks through heat and pressure in the Earth's crust. Sedimentary rocks can also transform into metamorphic rocks deeper underground. The rock cycle has no ending as tectonic forces cause rocks to melt, recrystallize, erode, and reform over millions of years.

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Rock Cycle

The rock cycle describes the continuous transformation of rocks through geological processes. Igneous rocks can change into sedimentary rocks through weathering and erosion or into metamorphic rocks through heat and pressure in the Earth's crust. Sedimentary rocks can also transform into metamorphic rocks deeper underground. The rock cycle has no ending as tectonic forces cause rocks to melt, recrystallize, erode, and reform over millions of years.

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ROCK CYCLE

The rock cycle is show about all of process that happen in the rock, such us transformation, modification, and decompotition. The cycle is run continously, repeated and run endless. The process is occured in the continental crust (geosphere) that interacted with atmosphere, hidrosphere and biosphere. It move by internal of thermal energy or thermal energy from geothermal or solar energy. The Rock Cycle is a group of changes. Igneous rock can change into sedimentary rock or into metamorphic rock. Igneous rock forms when magma cools and makes granule of crystals. The minerals can form crystals when they cool, the time to form crystal is variously deppend the situation. The igneous rock can form underground, in the space of rocks or in the Earths surface. On the Earths surface, the igneous rock can changes into many form. It can transform to sedimentary rocks or metamorphic rocks. One of the factor that influence rocks transformation is water and wind. The wind and water can break rock into pieces. They can also carry rock pieces to another place. Usually the rock pieces, called sediments, carry by the wind or water to make a layer. The layer can be buried under other layers of sediments. After a long time, the rock experiencing deposition, buried and its compaction and then become sedimentary rocks. In this way, igneous rock can become sedimentary rock. It usually occured in the delta of river, beach and so on. Then, the tectonics process drive the plate and Earth's crust. This is causing sedimentary rocks deformed. The sedimentary rock can changes into metamorphoric rock when it buried more deep. It can occured because of

influence by pressure and temperature. And if the rock is buried more deep again, the metamorphoric rock can

melting form into magma. Finally, the rocks can form again into a new igneous rock. In the cycle, tectonic can rise the

Earths crust and reveal the rock so the weathering and erotion can occured to the rock. Thus, the rock cycle will continously.

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