Metamorphic Rocks (& toast)

limestone will undergo metamorphism and form the new rock

• marble

• schist

• gneiss

changes in what cause rocks to metamorphose

• heat and pressure

• heat

• pressure

if an already formed rock is subjected to temperatures ABOVE 800 degrees celsius what will occur

• the rock will melt forming an igneous rock

• the rock will deform forming a metamorphic rock

• nothing that temperature is too low

what type of metamorphism would you find at plate boundaries?

• regional metamorphism

• contact metamorphism

• no metamorphism

foliated metamorphic rock form under which conditions?

• regional metamorphism

• contact metamorphism

• magma

sandstone will metamorphose into what rock?

• quartzite

• marble

• schist