HOW ROCKS UNDERGO

WEATHERING?
WEATHERING & EROSION. IGNEOUS,
SEDIMENTARY, AND
METAMORPHIC ROCKS ON THE SURFACE
OF THE EARTH ARE CONSTANTLY BEING
BROKEN DOWN BY WIND AND WATER.
WIND CARRYING SAND WEARS PARTICLES
OFF ROCK LIKE SANDPAPER. ... WATER
SEEPS INTO THE CRACKS IN
MOUNTAIN ROCKS, THEN FREEZES,
CAUSING THE ROCKS TO BREAK OPEN.
•Igneous rock - (derived from
the Latin word ignis meaning fire),
or magmatic rock, is one of the
three main rock types. or formed
through the cooling and
solidification of magma or lava.
• EXAMPLE OF IGNEOUS ROCK.
•Sedimentary rocks - are types
of rock that are formed by the
accumulation or deposition of small
particles and subsequent cementation
of mineral or organic particles on the
floor of oceans or other bodies of
water at the Earth's surface.
• EXAMPLE OF SIDEMENTARY ROCKS.
•Conglomerate is a clastic sedimentary
rock that contains large (greater than two
millimeters in diameter) rounded clasts. The
space between the clasts is generally filled
with smaller particles and/or
a calcite or quartz cement that binds the rock
together
•CONGLOMERATE ROCK
•Metamorphic rocks arise from the
transformation of existing rock types, in a
process called metamorphism, which means
"change in form".[1] The original rock (protolith)
is subjected to heat (temperatures greater
than 150 to 200 °C) and pressure (100
megapascals (1,000 bar) or more), causing
profound physical or chemical change.
• EXAMPLE OF METAMORPHIC
ROCK
• QUARTSIZE ROCK
•ROCK CYCLE