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yes.it will melt,crystallize and a new igneous rock will be formed except that you expect changes in the chemical composition,mineralogical composition and texture which relies upon environment of formation
No. It would have to be eroded into sediment (which means that rock has been broken down by wind and/or water and/or many dramatic temperature changes then spread all over an area .... probably a large area) then the sediment would have to be exposed to millions of years of extreme pressure until it became sedimentary rock. So technically, a sedimentary rock could be made of formerly igneous rock but it wouldn't be the same rock. Metamorphic could do that though.
Yes, that can happen. The surface of the Earth is being reworked by the processes of weathering and erosion. This means that surface rocks of ALL types are broken down into their components and deposited as sediments that become buried by yet more sediments.
The Earth's plate tectonic movements can take these sediments deep into the mantle of the Earth where they are melted to form new magmas that can make their way up to the surface to form new igneous rocks. This is called the rock cycle.
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Type of rocked formed when lave or magma cools?
A rock that is formed when magma cools is called a igneous rock.
What is to shift from one form to another?
it's conversion
How can sedimentary rocks become igneous rocks?
ingeous become sedimentary rocks after they undergo the process of weathering either mechanical, chemical, or biological.
The cooling and hardening of magma deep underground results in what?
The cooling and hardening of magma deep underground results in igneous rock. Rare gems and diamonds can be found in igneous rock.
What is an example of an intrusive igneous rock with large crystals?
Porphyrite of any composition, granite, gabbro, diorite. Most intrusive igneous rocks have crystals large enough to see with the naked eye. Another term used to define an igneous rock with large crystals is coarse-grained.
Why is that igneous rock must always become sedimentary rock?
It doesn't have to. Most rocks exposed at the surface will erode and become sedimentary, but igneous rock that is underground can be remelted and become another igneous rock, or can become metamorphic.
How can an igneous rock become a metamorphic?
A metamorphic rock can become a igneous rock by melting and cooling
For metamorphic rock to become igneous rock what steps are necessary?
Metamorphic rock can not become igneous rock, however igneous rock can become metamorphic. This process happens over time as the rocks are shifted, compressed and heated by the Earth.
How can a metomorphic rock become an igneous rock?
Metamorphic rocks underground melt to become magma. When a volcano erupts, magma flows out of it. As the lava cools it hardens and becomes igneous rock.
Which metamorphic rock changes to an igneous rock?
Any metamorphic rock can melt and recrystallize and become an igneous rock.
What process changes molten rock into igneous rock?
it has to go through melting and solidification in order to become an igneous rock.
What can transform igneous rock into sedimentary rock?
Igneous rock can become sedimentary if it is weathered into sediment and then lithified.
What types of rocks can become igneous rocks?
All rocks can become igneous rocks. With weathering and erosion, an igneous rock can become a sediment. Then with compaction and cementation, it can become a sedimentary rock. With heat and pressure, it will turn into a metamorphic rock. Or it can melt and turn into an igneous rock. There are many more ways rocks can change types... that is the rock cycle.
Describe how an igneous rock may become transformed into other rock types and back into igneous rock?
Describe how an igneous rock may become transformed into other rock types and back into igneous rock? The Igneous Rock would have to go through many stages known as the Rock Cycle. The Rock Cycle steps would be: Igneous Rock than it would have to go threw erosion to become a Sedimentary Rock than it would have to go through Heat and Pressure to become a Metamorphic Rock. Then The Metamorphic Rock would have to go through melting to become a Molten Rock (Lave/Magma). Then finally it would have to go through cooling to become a Igneous Rock again<3[: ---♥PandaBabby69♥
How does rock become igneous rock?
it melts and then cools
Is there a sentence with the word rock cycle?
Igneous rock can weather and become sedimentary rock . Metamorphic rock can be melted in a volcano and become igneous rock. Igneous rock and sedimentary rock can be heated and pressurized to form metamorphic rock.
How can metamorphic become igneous rock?
Metamorphic rock can melt under the surface of the earth, and the harden into an Igneous rock. As an Igneous, it could crystalize, or break down into sediment where it can become either Igneous or Sedimentary.
