simplified version: (1) magma (molten rock) rises buoyantly from mantle (2) lava (magma at land surface) cools and hardens as igneous rock (3) rock weathers (is broken up) at land surface (4) rock erodes (particles are carried by water and wind) (5) sedimentation occurs (particles settle out) (6) lithification occurs (particles become sedimentary rock) (7) rock is buried and recycled oceanic crust is carried down (subducted) under continental crust and is melted to become magma again (Alternate scenarios: (a) sedimentary rock is eroded (b) sedimentary or igneous rock is buried to become metamorphic rock under sufficiently high temperature and pressure [without melting] ( 
(particles; settle out; ) (oceanic crust; is carried down; L:under continental crust) (sedimentary rock; is eroded; ) (lithification; occurs; ) (7) rock; recycled; ) (particles; become; sedimentary rock) (particles; are carried; by water and wind) (rock; to become; metamorphic rock) (7) rock; is buried; ) (sedimentation; occurs; ) (rock; is buried; )
particles oceanic crust sedimentary rock lithification 7) rock particles particles rock 7) rock sedimentation rock
settle out is carried down is eroded occurs recycled become are carried to become is buried occurs is buried
L:under continental crust
sedimentary rock
by water and wind
metamorphic rock