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The Rock Cycle
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Description: Shows the interrelationships among the three rock types
Earth as a system: the rock cycle
Magma
Crystallization
Igneous rock
Weathering, transportation, and deposition


Earth as a system: the rock cycle
Sediment
Lithification
Sedimentary rock
Metamorphism
Metamorphic rock
Melting
Magma

Earth as a system: the rock cycle
Full cycle does not always take place due to “shortcuts” or interruptions
e.g., Sedimentary rock melts
e.g., Igneous rock is metamorphosed
e.g., Sedimentary rock is weathered
e.g., Metamorphic rock weathers
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