Hey Sediment I figured you would be here and wanted to ask you some questions. Is that ok?
Ok what's up?
Well i was wondering how was i made from you?
Well it starts with how i was formed. I'm made from rocks that already existed. when pieces of rocks are loosened from weathering they get transported to some basin or depression where sediment is trapped
Wow that's so cool! Thanks for telling me Sediment. Ive always wondered where i came from!
If the sediment is buried deeply, it becomes compacted and cemented forming me, a sedimentary rock
I'm getting there. Now when i am buried deep under the earths surface great pressure and heat change sedimentary rocks into new ones called metamorphic rocks.
Oh man that sounds like it would hurt.
It doesn't . Now here is where you come in. When metamorphic rocks start melting underground it becomes Magma. When a volcano erupts magma flows out of it which it is now called lava. as the lava cools it hardens and becomes you, an ingneous rock.