What is the rock cycle?

A) the cooling of lava and magma to form rocks

B) the tracing of rocks through the four spheres of earth

C) the continuous processes by which rocks change form

D) the weathering, erosion, and deposition of rocks

The answer to the question above is C. the continuous processes by which rocks change form.

The rock cycle is the continuous processes by which rocks change form. It is the cycle of the rock's formation, breakdown, and reformation between the three rock types: the igneous, the sedimentary, and the metamorphic rocks.