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== What the Rock Cycle Infographic shows == | == What the Rock Cycle Infographic shows == | ||
The infographic is drawn as a cutaway landscape. On the left, magma driven by mantle heat rises, intrudes and cools into intrusive igneous rocks such as granite, diorite and gabbro, or erupts to form extrusive rocks such as basalt, andesite and rhyolite. Weathering, erosion and sorting carry sediments to the ocean, where deposition, burial, compaction and cementation turn them into sedimentary rocks such as shale, sandstone, conglomerate and limestone; evaporation, reef buildup and marshes add rock salt, gypsum and coal. With increasing heat and pressure these become metamorphic rocks such as slate, phyllite, schist, gneiss, quartzite and marble, and melting returns rock to magma. | The infographic is drawn as a cutaway landscape. On the left, magma driven by mantle heat rises, intrudes and cools into intrusive igneous rocks such as granite, diorite and gabbro, or erupts to form extrusive rocks such as basalt, andesite and rhyolite. Weathering, erosion and sorting carry sediments to the ocean, where deposition, burial, compaction and cementation turn them into sedimentary rocks such as shale, sandstone, conglomerate and limestone; evaporation, reef buildup and marshes add rock salt, gypsum and coal. With increasing heat and pressure these become metamorphic rocks such as slate, phyllite, schist, gneiss, quartzite and marble, and melting returns rock to magma. | ||
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| + | == Regents Exam Questions == | ||
| + | Released Regents questions that cannot be answered without this table, listed by exam. Each link opens the question with its answer key; the standard is the one the question assesses. The exams through August 2026 were given with the earlier edition of the ESSRT, which has the same table. | ||
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| + | | style="background-color:white;" | [[June 2026 Earth and Space Science Exam|June 2026 Earth and Space Sciences Regents]] | ||
| + | | style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:The Complex Tectonics of the Western Pacific|The Complex Tectonics of the Western Pacific]] | ||
| + | | style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:The Complex Tectonics of the Western Pacific#q4|Question 40]] | ||
| + | | style="background-color:white;" | [[HS-ESS2-3]] | ||
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Revision as of 16:11, 25 October 2026
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| ← Mineral Composition of Igneous Rocks | Mineral Identification Flowchart → |
The Rock Cycle Infographic from the Reference Tables for Earth and Space Sciences (ESSRT) shows how igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks form and change into one another as matter and energy move through the Earth system. It primarily supports HS-ESS2-5.
What the Rock Cycle Infographic shows
The infographic is drawn as a cutaway landscape. On the left, magma driven by mantle heat rises, intrudes and cools into intrusive igneous rocks such as granite, diorite and gabbro, or erupts to form extrusive rocks such as basalt, andesite and rhyolite. Weathering, erosion and sorting carry sediments to the ocean, where deposition, burial, compaction and cementation turn them into sedimentary rocks such as shale, sandstone, conglomerate and limestone; evaporation, reef buildup and marshes add rock salt, gypsum and coal. With increasing heat and pressure these become metamorphic rocks such as slate, phyllite, schist, gneiss, quartzite and marble, and melting returns rock to magma.
Regents Exam Questions
Released Regents questions that cannot be answered without this table, listed by exam. Each link opens the question with its answer key; the standard is the one the question assesses. The exams through August 2026 were given with the earlier edition of the ESSRT, which has the same table.
| Exam | Cluster | Question | Standard |
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| June 2026 Earth and Space Sciences Regents | The Complex Tectonics of the Western Pacific | Question 40 | HS-ESS2-3 |