What is are created by the physical or chemical alteration by heat and pressure of an existing igneous or sedimentary material into a denser form.
100
In the rock cycle, igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks can all become
magma again. What step in the rock cycle causes this to happen?
What is melting
200
Clastic rocks are?
What is Small pieces of rock
200
What is the texture of an igneous rock most directly related to?
What is cooling rate.
200
How have metamorphic rocks changed over time?
What is pressure and heat.
200
What takes place when water or
wind loosen and carry rock fragments?
What is erosion.
300
What is physical weathering?
What is geological process of rocks breaking apart without changing their chemical composition.
300
how are igneous rocks formed.
What is is formed through the cooling and solidification of magma and lava.
300
Is limestone a type of metamorphic rock?
What is True.
300
When igneous rocks cool rapidly on or n
ear the surface of the Earth, the rock’s texture will be?
What is fine grained texture
400
What is chemical weathering?
What is the erosion or disintegration of rocks, building materials, etc., caused by chemical reactions (chiefly with water and substances dissolved in it) rather than by mechanical processes.
400
what are intrusive Igneous rock.?
What is formed inside the earth.
400
Metamorphic rocks with mineral crystals arranged in parallel layers, or bands, are?