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The Rock Cycle - Online Term Paper

The Rock Cycle

The rock cycle

I. what types of rocks are affected by volcanoes and how are they affected/formed?

A. "igneous rocks begin as magma in the rock cycle" "when lava cools enough it solidifies and turns into igneous rock" (Peter 44).

1. Close your eyes. Now imagine a bowl of ice cream; take that bowl of ice cream and pour some Hershey shell on it. At first the liquid drips down the ice cream and then it hardens and solidifies and becomes solid! Just like lava when it hardens into an igneous rock!

2. In other words, lava is the first stage of the rock cycle for igneous rocks and when it cools from being out on the surface it hardens to rock because it is too cold for it to be ...

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harden and become an igneous rock and start the cycle all over again!

2. The rock cycle is like cousins because they all come from the same process. Just like cousins all come from the same grandmother

C. in other words making a metamorphic rock with the help from magma is like making a grilled cheese sandwich because, you all ready have the bread and chesses but, you need the help from an oven or grill to make it all work. (Peter 45)

1. Intense heat such as magma from volcanoes helps to create a metamorphic rock.

2. So when a couple rocks are next to each other deep underground they feel lots of pressure but they still need heat to turn into a metamorphic rock which it can get by nearby magma which is how it influences metamorphic rocks.

II. What are the rocks characteristics when they are affected by volcanoes?

A. igneous rocks' characteristics are coarse grained and fine grained. (Peter 37).

1. In other words, igneous rocks are different by how fast they ...

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Added: 4/29/2014 10:42:15 AM
Submitted By: johnsmith
Category: Science & Nature
Type: Free Paper
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