Question

Define the rock cycle. Include the process a rock would go through, starting from volcanic eruption?

Answer 1

@KendrickLamar2014

Answer 2

@KendrickLamar2014

Answer 3

@JackofallTradez

Answer 4

The rock cycle is a basic concept in geology that describes the dynamic transitions through geologic time among the three main rock types: sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous. As the diagram to the right illustrates, each of the types of rocks is altered or destroyed when it is forced out of its equilibrium conditions. An igneous rock such as basalt may break down and dissolve when exposed to the atmosphere, or melt as it is subducted under a continent. Due to the driving forces of the rock cycle, plate tectonics and the water cycle, rocks do not remain in equilibrium and are forced to change as they encounter new environments. The rock cycle is an illustration that explains how the three rock types are related to each other, and how processes change from one type to another over time.

Resources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_cycle

Answer 5

@JackofallTradez can you give me a shorter answer.. lol and it has to include all of the steps :)

Answer 6

@geny55 Rock Cycle: an idealized cycle of processes undergone by rocks in the earth's crust, involving igneous intrusion, uplift, erosion, transportation, deposition as sedimentary rock, metamorphism, remelting, and further igneous intrusion.

Answer 7

but can it be in your own words please and can you explain each step :)

Answer 8

Steps:
1. Magma
2. Crystallization
3. Igneous Rocks
4. Erosion
5. Sedimentation
6. Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks
7. Tectonic Burial and Metamorphism
8. Metamorphic Rocks
9. Melting

Answer 9

no can you do these steps please?
1. volcanic eruption
2. igneous rocks
3. sediment
4. sedimentary rocks
5. metamorphic rock
6. magma
can you define the rock cycle with these steps included and explain each one please!! :)
@KendrickLamar2014

Answer 10

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_cycle tells you what each one means

Answer 11

i know but can you type it in your own words please?? :)

Answer 12

@KendrickLamar2014

Answer 13

Give me a Sec....

Answer 14

ok :) and make sure to include all the steps i told you :)

Answer 15

Rock Cycle: An idealized cycle of processes undergone by rocks in the earth's crust. In which Magma turns into Crystallization which becomes an Igneous Rock which makes Erosion which is made into Sedimentation which becomes Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks and makes Tectonic Burial and Metamorphism and becomes a Metamorphic Rock and finally melts.

Answer 16

That's the best I could do...

Answer 17

but thats from the internet

Answer 18

Yeah, I havn't studied the Rock Cycle in like.... forever. Sorry :(

Answer 19

ok :)