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How are plate tectonics and the rock cycle connected

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All igneous rocks the basis of the rock cycle are formed by plate tectonics. ... The heat from the mantle that fuels plate tectonics causes both igneous and sedimentary rocks to be turned into metamorphic rocks. The metamorphic rocks can be eroded into sedimentary rocks are remelted back into igneous.

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