How does plate movement contribute to the formation of rocks?

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how does plate movement contribute to igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks?

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  • Converging plates cause metamorphic rocks by exerting pressure on other rocks within them; they also cause igneous rocks via subduction and vulcanism. Divergent plates are conducive to sedimentary deposition and rock formation.

  • The rock formations that occur as a result of plate movements including volcanoes ,earth quakes ect.

    igneous rocks are called fire rocks and are formed either underground above the ground,they are formed when the molten lava(magma) cools and turn to solid rock.

    Metamorphic rocks were originally igneous or sedimentary rocks but due to the movement of the earth’s crust,were changed.

    sedimentary rocks are formed as the deposits form layers and s the pressure from the moving plates accumulating over for the thousands of years, the lower levels are pressed in to sedimentary rocks.

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