What would happen if the rock sample pictured above was first exposed to energy from the sun and then millions of years later to energy from the Earth's interior?

The rock cycle is both affected by the energy from the sun and the energy from Earth's interior.

Explanation:Over thousands of years ,the energy that the sun releases moves the water as well as the wind towards the Earth's surface and it produces large amount of force to break the rocks into sands and other forms of sediments. When nuclear fusion takes place that is hydrogen is converted into helium and huge volume of energy is ejected from the core of the Sun.

Earth's mantle plays a huge role in the evolution process of the crust and produces mechanical as well as thermal energy. When the mantle produces heat from the core to the lithosphere, mantle convention takes place . Rocks become dense when the temperature rises, cooler rocks sinks and the hot rocks rises.

If an igneous rock is exposed to the sun for millions of years it becomes brittle. Then the energy from the Earth's interior would cause a weathering and erosion effect on the rocks.