Rock adventure

My rock adventure:

Journey through the rock cycle.

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mineral_Pumnita_GDFL004.JPG

I began my adventure in The Ocean-

The ocean floor was subducted, causing the rock to go to the Earth’s interior!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bethfreeman/2275738395/

My second stop is the Earth’s interior:

http://crushercn.wordpress.com/category/industrial-rocks-and-minerals/

The tectonic plates push upward and send the rock to the mountains!

My third stop is the mountains:

The ice on the mountains melt, carrying the rocks, and sending me to the river.

http://www.hickerphoto.com/bc-mountains-7317-pictures.htm

My next destination is a river! :

While in the river, sediments form and the rock goes to the soil.

http://blogs.oracle.com/xmlpublisher/2008/08/watery_week.html

The fifth stop is the soil:

While in the soil, pressure occurs sending the rock back to the Earth’s interior!

http://www.atmos.albany.edu/daes/atmclasses/atm301/soilm.html

The sixth stop is back at the Earth’s interior:

At this stop, magma is forced up sending the rock to a volcano.

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://oceansjsu.com/images/

The seventh stop is a volcano:

http://www.destination360.com/central-america/costa-rica/arenal-volcano

The magma flows into the ocean.

Next stop: Ocean-

The rock dust evaporates with the water and goes to the clouds.

http://www.earthwatch2.org/LFF/Livingston/

The ninth stop is the clouds:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clouds.JPG

While in the clouds, it starts to snow. The rock ends up in the mountains again.

Tenth stop: Mountains-

Wind erosion occurs and carries the rock to the soil.

http://www.zakopane-life.com/poland/tatra-mountains-zakopane

Stop eleven: Soil-

http://www.sustainabilityninja.com/agriculture-sustainability/global-warming-changing-soil-composition/

Pressure occurs and sends it to the Earth’s interior.

Stop number 12: Earth’s interior:

The tectonic plates move and the rock is sent to a volcano, again.

http://www.beg.utexas.edu/mainweb/publications/graphics/basalt.htm

The last stop: Volcano! :

My rock adventure ends in the volcano.

http://www.solarnavigator.net/volcanoes.htm