Unit Three - Rocks and Minerals - Rock Cycle

Question 1

Rock Cycle

Answer 1

Model used to show how different rock types are interrelated and the process that creates them.

Question 2

Driving Forces

Answer 2

The forces that form different rock types.
Ex: uplift, weathering, erosion, pressure, and melting

Question 3

What are the three driving forces?

Answer 3

1. Earth’s interior

(The deeper you go, the higher the temperature and pressure)

2. Insolation from the Sun
3. Gravity