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.

Question

1. Step 1
Magma is resurfaced from volcanic activity, cools, and becomes igneous rock.
2. Step 2
Regolith is dumped into some type of reservoir, usually water, by deposition.
3. Step 3
Rock is broken down into regolith by weathering.
4. 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.
5. Step 5
Layers deposited begin to compact and cement together to form sedimentary rock.
6. Step 6
Metamorphic rock begins to melt back into magma.
7. Step 7
Regolith is transported or eroded by rain or wind.

Answer 1

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