Question

how rock cycle changes the earth’s surface
since rock cycle has no blank, any type of rock will continue to transform into a new rock as long as blank like melting, weathering, or erosion. the formation of blank contributes significantly to the changes on blank.

the rock cycle blank the earths crust. first, rocks would blank deep down into the interior. then, they would blank back up again as magma.

the earths crust is composed of blank igneous, blank metamorphic, and blank sedimentary rocks. but blank of the land surface contains sedimentary rocks.

different blank were created while different types of rocks were also forming during the rock cycle. an example is the blank which has sedimentary rock layers dating back to 2 billion years ago. they include blank, blank, and blank all stacked on top of one another.

for sedimentary rocks, blank layers of rock pile up on top of the older layers on the blank. like glue, each successive layer blank over tens of millions of years.
(images: geological diagram, grand canyon)

Explanation:

To solve the fill - in - the - blanks related to the rock cycle, we use our knowledge of geology (a subfield of Natural Science, specifically Earth Science):

1. First sentence blanks

• Since the rock cycle is a continuous process with no end, the first blank is “end”.
• The processes that transform rocks are melting, weathering, and erosion. So the next three blanks are “melting”, “weathering”, “erosion”.
• These processes mainly affect the Earth's surface, so the last blank here is “Earth's surface”.

2. Rock cycle movement blanks

• The rock cycle “recycles” the Earth's crust. Without the rock cycle, rocks would “sink” deep into the interior and then “rise” back up as magma. So the blanks are “recycles”, “sink”, “rise”.

3. Earth's crust rock composition blanks

• The Earth's crust is composed of “igneous”, “metamorphic”, and “sedimentary” rocks. And about “75%” of the land surface contains sedimentary rocks.

4. Rock cycle and landforms blanks

• Different “landforms” are created during the rock cycle. An example is the “Grand Canyon” which has sedimentary rock layers. The sedimentary rock layers in the Grand Canyon include types like “limestone”, “sandstone”, “shale” (these are common sedimentary rocks found there).

5. Sedimentary rock formation blanks

• For sedimentary rocks, “new” layers of rock pile up on top of older layers on the “ocean floor” (or “seabed”, a common place for sediment deposition). And each successive layer “hardens” (like cementation, a process in sedimentary rock formation) over tens of millions of years.

Answer:

s (filling the blanks in order):

1. end; melting; weathering; erosion; Earth's surface
2. recycles; sink; rise
3. (no blank before igneous, just the types) igneous; metamorphic; sedimentary; 75%
4. landforms; Grand Canyon; limestone; sandstone; shale (answers for the rock types may vary slightly depending on the specific curriculum, but these are common ones in the Grand Canyon)
5. new; ocean floor; hardens