Rock Cycle - Revision history

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‎Key Stage 3

NRJC at 14:42, 3 April 2019

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NRJC at 14:41, 3 April 2019

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NRJC at 14:06, 2 October 2018

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NRJC: Created page with "==Key Stage 3== ===Meaning=== The '''Rock Cycle''' is a process that recycles rocks on the Earth's Crust. ===About the Rock Cycle==="

2018-10-02T13:47:11Z

Created page with "==Key Stage 3== ===Meaning=== The '''Rock Cycle''' is a process that recycles rocks on the Earth's Crust. ===About the Rock Cycle==="

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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===

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 ==Key Stage 3==
 ===Meaning===
-The '''Rock Cycle''' is a process that [[recycle]]s [[rock]]s on the Earth's [[Crust]].
+The '''Rock Cycle''' is a process that [[recycle]]s [[rock]]s on the Earth's Crust.
 ===About the Rock Cycle===
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 *[[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 [[melted]] to become [[magma]].
+*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.

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 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 [[melted]] to become [[magma]].
-*[[Uplift]] - Pressure from underneath the rock causes it to rise to the surface.
+*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.

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		+	\|[[File:RockCycle.png\|center\|500px]]
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		+	\| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" \|A [[diagram]] showing different stages of the [[Rock Cycle]].
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		+	The [[Rock Cycle]] has several stages:
		+	*[[Weathering]] - Rocks are broken down by the [[environment]].
		+	*[[Erosion (Rock Cycle)\|Erosion]] - Wearing away rocks into smaller pieces.
		+	*[[Transport (Rock Cycle)\|Transport]] - Small pieces of rock are moved by rivers, glaciers and the wind.
		+	*[[Deposition (Rock Cycle)\|Deposition]] - When water and the wind slow down or when glaciers melt the small pieces of rock fall to the ground.
		+	*[[Sedimentation]] - Layers of [[sediment]] (small pieces of rock) build up on lake beds and sea beds.
		+	*[[Compaction]] - So many layers build up that the [[pressure]] squeezes all the water out.
		+	*[[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 [[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.