Rocks
Air Masses
100
A rock that forms from heat and pressure.
What is a metamorphic rock.
100
A moist and cold air mass.
What is Maritime Polar (mP).
200
A igneous rock that forms from the cooling of mama underground; has large crystals because it cools slowly.
What is an intrusive igneous rock.
200
A dry and warm air mass.
What is continental tropical.
300
A sedimentary rock that forms from pieces of other rocks.
What is a clastic sedimentary rock.
300
A dry and cold air mass.
What is continental polar.
400
Metamorphism that forms foliated rocks.
What is regional metamorphism.
400
A moist and warm air mass.
What is maritime tropical (mT).
500
The type of metamorphism that forms marble and quartzite.
What is contact metamorphism.
500
A dry and very cold air mass.
What is a continental arctic (cA) air mass.