Think about an igneous rock at the top of a mountain. If this rock went through the whole rock cycle, number the steps that would follow.

The steps of the rock cycle you provided can be numbered in a logical sequence as follows:

1. **Step 1**
Magma is resurfaced from volcanic activity, cools, and becomes igneous rock.

2. **Step 3**
Rock is broken down into regolith by weathering.

3. **Step 7**
Regolith is transported or eroded by rain or wind.

4. **Step 2**
Regolith is dumped into some type of reservoir, usually water, by deposition.

5. **Step 5**
Layers deposited begin to compact and cement together to form sedimentary rock.

6. **Step 4**
Sedimentary rock is buried deeper into the earth's crust. The intense heat and pressure begins metamorphism and the rock turns into metamorphic rock.

7. **Step 6**
Metamorphic rock begins to melt back into magma.

So, the final numbered order is:

1 → 3 → 7 → 2 → 5 → 4 → 6