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About the Rock Cycle

by Mathew K

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WHAT IS AN

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ROCK CYCLE

hi! i am magma. I am a molten rock that is in underground

oh no! it is raining! what should i do?

After few million years of raining...

oh my god!
i am now a solid igneous rock!

i think i got formed by the long cooling of the rain!

i often have holes and i am now a solid rock unlike the magma!

hi! i am magma. I am a molten rock that is in underground

oh no! it is raining! what should i do?

After few million years of raining...

oh my god!
i am now a solid igneous rock!

i think i got formed by the long cooling of the rain!

i often have holes and i am now a solid rock unlike the magma!

The poor igneous rock gets extreme heat and pressure...

And the pressure and heat goes on for another few million years...

and one day...

hi! i am now a metamorphic rock!

it really takes a lot of time to change your rock type!

i am called the metamorphic rock and i got formed by the extreme heat and pressure! as you can see i have different colors now unlike the igneous rock!

The poor igneous rock gets extreme heat and pressure...

And the pressure and heat goes on for another few million years...

and one day...

hi! i am now a metamorphic rock!

it really takes a lot of time to change your rock type!

i am called the metamorphic rock and i got formed by the extreme heat and pressure! as you can see i have different colors now unlike the igneous rock!

oh no! what is happening to me!!

Crash

And that happens again and again to the poor metamorphic rock...

one day...

huh?...
am i alive?
wait.. i am a sediment?!?!

I guess i am now a sediment, broken down by the waves and now in the floor of the ocean.