EARTH SCIENCE
MINERAL PHYSICS
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Question
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The continuous process in which one type of rock changes into another type of rock is known as the ____
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rockabilly
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rock cycle
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rock ‘n’ roll cycle
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weathering cycle
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Transformation of rocks from one form to another is called the rock cycle. For example, molten magma cools and becomes an igneous rock. It then breaks down into sediments and then forms a sedimentary rock under great pressure. The same rock can become a metamorphic rock when subjected to great heat and pressure.
Detailed explanation-2: -The rock cycle is a series of processes that create and transform the types of rocks in Earth’s crust.
Detailed explanation-3: -Crystallization, erosion and sedimentation, and metamorphism transform one rock type into another or change sediments into rock. The rock cycle describes the transformations of one type of rock to another.
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