Can Sedimentary Rock melt and become igneous rock?

Subject: Can Sedimentary Rock melt and become igneous rock?

Date: Thu Apr 10 09:35:23 2003
Posted by Julia
Grade level: 4-6 School: Sherwood Elementary
City: Cincinnati State/Province: Ohio Country: United States
Area of science: Earth Sciences
ID: 1049985323.Es

Message:


In class today we drew charts of the rock cycle, but it didn't have an arrow 
going directly from sedimentary rock to melting to igneous rock, it just showed 
sedimentary rock becoming metamorphic rock, then having that melt and become 
igneous. Can't sedimentary rock melt though? Please answer, my teacher wants to 
know.

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