The Rock Cycle
This website will teach you about Quartzite,Granite,Sandstone,Igneous rock,Sedimentary rock,Metamorphic rock,Shale rocks,and Slate rock.
- IGNEOUS ROCK SANDSTONE ROCK GRANITE ROCK QUARTZITE ROCK
Earth's constructive and destructive forces build up and wear down the crust. lgneous,sedimentary,and metamorphic rocks change continuously through the rock cycle. rock cycle. rock can follow many different pathways. the outer circle shows a complete cycle the arrows within the circle show alternate pathways.
SHALE ROCK SLATE ROCK METAMORPHIC ROCK SEDIMENTARY ROCK
The enormous granite dome that forms stone mountain in georgia looks as if it will be there forever. The granite formed hundreds of millions of years ago as a batholith as massif igneous rock beneath Earths surface. But this rock has stood exposed to the weather for millions of years. Bit by bit,the granite is flaking off. Washed away in streams,the bits of granite will eventually be ground down into sand.