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Q2-Present the rock cycle in connection with its reincarnation.

Introduction/Definitions
The interrelationship among the rock types is referred to as the rock cycle.
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A useful way to illustrate how the three main types of rock are related to one another and how changes to rocks happen in a recurring sequence is the rock cycle.

How rock cycle works?
Rocks are constantly being recycled. Recycle means to take something old and change into something new. So some of these old rocks that have been around for more than four billion years are being changed into different rocks. Of course, that doesn't happen over night. It takes millions of years. To better understand how this happens, let's take a journey through the rock cycle.
First, our journey begins in the mantle. Here we see some red hot magma that is being pushed up towards the crust. Some of this magma creeps into the cracks of the volcano; while, the rest is forced out of the top of the volcano. Once the magma is out of the volcano, it is called lava. The lava cools and forms igneous rocks.
Then some of the igneous rocks roll down the mountains formed by the volcanoes and eventually end up in the ocean. As they roll, bits and pieces of the igneous rocks are broken and form sediments. Layer after layer of sediments are pressed and cemented together forming sedimentary rocks.
Some of the sedimentary rocks on the very bottom get hot because of the pressure and change to metamorphic rock. When the metamorphic rock is buried deeper, it gets hotter and melts. Once again, it becomes magma and may eventually be pushed up and out of a volcano. The rock cycle helps us to see that the earth is like a giant rock recycling machine!

Conclusion
Rocks are continually changing from one type to another and back again, as forces inside the earth bring them closer to the surface (where they are weathered, eroded, and compacted) and forces on the earth sink them back down (where they are heated, pressed, and melted). So the elements that make up rocks are never created or destroyed — instead, they are constantly being recycled.
do u really think it is suitable to write conclusion in the end and this much is enough for 20 marks question??
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