GENERAL GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -There are three main types of rocks: sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic. Each of these rocks are formed by physical changes-such as melting, cooling, eroding, compacting, or deforming-that are part of the rock cycle.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Rock Cycle is Earth’s great recycling process where igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks can all be derived from and form one another. Analogous to recycling a Coke can, where an old can will be used to produce a new can, the rock cycle is ever changing the rocks and minerals that make up Earth.

Detailed explanation-3: -The rock cycle describes the processes through which the three main rock types (igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary) transform from one type into another.

Detailed explanation-4: -The rock cycle illustrates the conservation of matter by showing that rocks may wear down through erosion or be melted down below the surface of the Earth, but the rock material cannot be destroyed, only transformed into other rocks.