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Introduces the idea that rocks are constantly changing and explains how the cycle begins with magma cooling into igneous rock.
Rocks are slowly but constantly changing in something known as the rock cycle.The rock cycle begins with magma or hot melted rock deep beneath the Earth's surface.This magma becomes crystallized becoming igneous rock.
Describes how igneous rocks break down through erosion and are transported and deposited as sediment that becomes sedimentary rock.
These rocks begin to erode or break down into small pieces because of wind, water, or other forces.The small fragments of rock are carried away as sediment when water passes over them and are deposited in layers which eventually become sedimentary rocks.
Explains how buried sedimentary rocks are changed by heat and pressure into metamorphic rock, and how deeper burial can melt them back into magma.
Then some sedimentary rocks are pushed below the surface due to tectonic activity where they are exposed to heat and pressure transforming them into metamorphic rocks.If the rocks are buried even deeper they may melt and form magma starting the cycle all over again.
Notes that rocks can change through several pathways and reinforces the idea that the rock cycle is continuous worldwide.
Of course sedimentary and metamorphic rocks can be eroded into sediment and igneous rock can become metamorphic rock or lava.But one way or another rocks all over the world keep changing from one form to the next.