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Let’s go step by step through each question based on the rock cycle diagram and basic geology knowledge.
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1. Look at the igneous rock, what causes it to break it down into pieces (sediments)?
→ Weathering and erosion break rocks into smaller pieces called sediments. This can happen from wind, water, ice, or temperature changes.
✔ Answer: Weathering and erosion
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2. Look at the igneous rock, what causes it to turn into metamorphic rock?
→ When igneous rock is buried deep underground and exposed to high heat and pressure (but not enough to melt), it becomes metamorphic rock.
✔ Answer: Heat and pressure
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3. Look at the igneous rock, what causes it to turn into magma?
→ If igneous rock gets heated so much that it melts completely, it turns back into magma.
✔ Answer: Melting (due to extreme heat)
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4. Look at the sedimentary rock, what causes it to turn into pieces (sediments)?
→ Just like any other rock, sedimentary rock can be broken down again by weathering and erosion.
✔ Answer: Weathering and erosion
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5. Look at the metamorphic rock, what causes it to turn into magma?
→ Metamorphic rock must melt to become magma — this happens under very high temperatures deep in Earth.
✔ Answer: Melting (due to extreme heat)
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6. Look at the metamorphic rock, what causes it to break into pieces (sediments)?
→ Again, weathering and erosion break it apart into sediments.
✔ Answer: Weathering and erosion
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7. Look at the magma, what causes it to turn into igneous rock?
→ When magma cools and hardens (solidifies), it becomes igneous rock.
✔ Answer: Cooling and solidifying
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8. Look at the sediments, what causes them to become sedimentary rock? (compacting and cementing)
→ Sediments get pressed together (compacted) and glued together by minerals (cemented) to form sedimentary rock.
✔ Answer: Compaction and cementation
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9. Look at any rock in the rock cycle, discuss their journey to change.
→ Any rock can change into another type depending on conditions:
- Igneous → Sedimentary: via weathering → sediments → compaction/cementation
- Igneous → Metamorphic: via heat & pressure
- Igneous → Magma: via melting
- Sedimentary → Metamorphic: via heat & pressure
- Sedimentary → Magma: via melting
- Metamorphic → Magma: via melting
- Metamorphic → Sedimentary: via weathering → sediments → compaction/cementation
- All rocks can eventually melt into magma, which then cools into igneous rock again.
This is a continuous loop — no rock stays one type forever!
✔ Answer:
Rocks constantly change due to forces like heat, pressure, weathering, erosion, melting, and cooling. For example, an igneous rock can erode into sediments, become sedimentary rock, then turn into metamorphic rock under pressure, and finally melt into magma — which may cool again into new igneous rock. The cycle never stops!
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Final Answer:
1. Weathering and erosion
2. Heat and pressure
3. Melting (due to extreme heat)
4. Weathering and erosion
5. Melting (due to extreme heat)
6. Weathering and erosion
7. Cooling and solidifying
8. Compaction and cementation
9. Rocks change types through processes like weathering, heat, pressure, melting, and cooling — forming a continuous cycle where any rock can transform into another over time.
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1. Look at the igneous rock, what causes it to break it down into pieces (sediments)?
→ Weathering and erosion break rocks into smaller pieces called sediments. This can happen from wind, water, ice, or temperature changes.
✔ Answer: Weathering and erosion
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2. Look at the igneous rock, what causes it to turn into metamorphic rock?
→ When igneous rock is buried deep underground and exposed to high heat and pressure (but not enough to melt), it becomes metamorphic rock.
✔ Answer: Heat and pressure
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3. Look at the igneous rock, what causes it to turn into magma?
→ If igneous rock gets heated so much that it melts completely, it turns back into magma.
✔ Answer: Melting (due to extreme heat)
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4. Look at the sedimentary rock, what causes it to turn into pieces (sediments)?
→ Just like any other rock, sedimentary rock can be broken down again by weathering and erosion.
✔ Answer: Weathering and erosion
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5. Look at the metamorphic rock, what causes it to turn into magma?
→ Metamorphic rock must melt to become magma — this happens under very high temperatures deep in Earth.
✔ Answer: Melting (due to extreme heat)
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6. Look at the metamorphic rock, what causes it to break into pieces (sediments)?
→ Again, weathering and erosion break it apart into sediments.
✔ Answer: Weathering and erosion
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7. Look at the magma, what causes it to turn into igneous rock?
→ When magma cools and hardens (solidifies), it becomes igneous rock.
✔ Answer: Cooling and solidifying
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8. Look at the sediments, what causes them to become sedimentary rock? (compacting and cementing)
→ Sediments get pressed together (compacted) and glued together by minerals (cemented) to form sedimentary rock.
✔ Answer: Compaction and cementation
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9. Look at any rock in the rock cycle, discuss their journey to change.
→ Any rock can change into another type depending on conditions:
- Igneous → Sedimentary: via weathering → sediments → compaction/cementation
- Igneous → Metamorphic: via heat & pressure
- Igneous → Magma: via melting
- Sedimentary → Metamorphic: via heat & pressure
- Sedimentary → Magma: via melting
- Metamorphic → Magma: via melting
- Metamorphic → Sedimentary: via weathering → sediments → compaction/cementation
- All rocks can eventually melt into magma, which then cools into igneous rock again.
This is a continuous loop — no rock stays one type forever!
✔ Answer:
Rocks constantly change due to forces like heat, pressure, weathering, erosion, melting, and cooling. For example, an igneous rock can erode into sediments, become sedimentary rock, then turn into metamorphic rock under pressure, and finally melt into magma — which may cool again into new igneous rock. The cycle never stops!
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Final Answer:
1. Weathering and erosion
2. Heat and pressure
3. Melting (due to extreme heat)
4. Weathering and erosion
5. Melting (due to extreme heat)
6. Weathering and erosion
7. Cooling and solidifying
8. Compaction and cementation
9. Rocks change types through processes like weathering, heat, pressure, melting, and cooling — forming a continuous cycle where any rock can transform into another over time.
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