Complete the Rock Cycle Diagram
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Complete the rock cycle diagram by identifying the correct components for the provided empty boxes.
This question includes visual content: A diagram illustrating the rock cycle. It features a cross-section of the Earth's crust with mountains, surface soil/sediment layers, and an underground magma chamber. White arrows connect processes (weathering and erosion, lithification, metamorphism, melting, crystallization) indicating transitions between states. There are four blank, rectangular input boxes connected by blue lines pointing to specific areas of the diagram: one to the surface sediment/soil area, one to the top of the mountain/surface layer, one to the crystallized rock layer within the mountain, and one to the subsurface metamorphic rock region. At the bottom, there is a red magma reservoir.
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Hi Sharee, let's work through this rock cycle diagram to identify the different stages of rock formation.
The Rock Cycle
The rock cycle is a continuous process where rocks change from one type to another. We need to fill in the five blue boxes based on the geological processes shown.
Looking at the processes...
Let's start at the bottom left. We see the process of crystallization happening from molten magma. When magma or lava cools and crystallizes, it forms igneous rock.
Moving to the top left, we see weathering and erosion acting on existing rock. This produces small particles known as sediment.
The arrow labeled lithification points from the sediment toward the top right box. Lithification is the compacting and cementing of sediment into sedimentary rock.
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