Metamorphic

The metamorphic rock __________ usually forms when limestone is subjected to heat and pressure deep beneath the surface.

• marble

• slate

• sandstone

Metamorphic rock can form out of other metamorphic rock.

• true

• false

Heat and pressure change the sedimentary rock shale into slate.

• true

• false

Any rock formed when another rock is changed by heat or __________ is a metamorphic rock.

• pressure

• arrangement

The deeper a rock is buried in the crust, the greater the pressure on that rock.

• true

• false

Foliated or Non-Foliated?

• Foliated

• Non-Foliated

Foliated or Non-Foliated?

• Foliated

• Non-Foliated

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Foliated or Non-Foliated?

• Foliated

• Non-Foliated

What is needed to form metamorphic rocks?

• Heat and Pressure

• Melting

• Weathering and Erosion

When pressure squeezes the flat minerals within a rock and they become aligned, a _______________ rock has formed.

• non-foliated

• foliated