Multiple Choice
A useful tool illustrating the relationships among igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks is called the ___.
A) weathering and erosion of surface features
B) plate tectonic cycle
C) relationships between preexisting rock
D) rock cycle
E) Bowen's reaction series
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