forces that drive the rock cycle
wilson cycle had profound effects on ------ became to be roconized as the driveing force of the rock cycle.
plate tectonics
what rock is made out of melted existing rocks
igneous rock
what is the rock that cools in the earth called
intrusive
what process are rocks subjected to when exposed to atmosphere
weathering and erosion
rocks expose dto high tempurtes and pressure are what
metemorphic
who plubished an articale describeing plate techonics
in 1967 j. tuzo wilson
what rock is a transformation of existing rocks to new types of rocks
metamorphic
what is the rock called that is coarse grained
granite
what dose weathering and erosin do to rocks
breaks them down so they are smaller
what is the effect of large masses of rocks over a wide araea called
regional methmophison
plate techonics create what rock
metormiophic
what type of rock is made of sediment
what happens to magma when it reaches the earths surface
it cools very rapidly
can sedimerty rock be made out of sand
YASSSS
these rocks commonly exhibt bands of mineralolgy and colors are calked ----
foliation
erosin
how many types of rocks are there
3
what is magma called when it reaches the earth's surface
lava
is organic material part of the rock cycle
YESSSSSS
can any pre existing rock be changed by process of metemorohinsim
YASSSSSS
what is the closeing phase for the wilson cycle
continental collison
are the rock types related to each other
yes
what happens to lava after it cools rapidly
it turns in to obisden
what type of rock cand be made of partes of any rocks
clastic rock
when rocks come imto contact with ingenous intrusion the srpunding is called what
country rock