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==Key Stage 3==
===Meaning===
The '''Rock Cycle''' is a process that [[recycle]]s [[rock]]s on the Earth's [[Crust]].
===About the Rock Cycle===
*[[Cementation]] - [[Mineral]] salts that were [[dissolve]]d in the [[water]] fall out of [[solution]] and bind the [[sediment]] together.
If the rocks get buried deep enough:
*Heat and Pressure - The rock is either changed by the heat and pressure into a [[Metamorphic]] rock or the rock is [[Melting|melted]] to become [[magma]].
*Uplift - Pressure from underneath the rock causes it to rise to the surface.
*Volcanoes - The molten rock comes out of [[volcano]]es as [[lava]] before it freezes to become an [[Igneous]] rock.