How were the rocks changed? What was one thing that Charles Merguerian, the Professor from Hofstra University, showed with a piece of paper?   a. broken by faulting   b. mostly folded by convergence   c. Mostly faulted by divergence like the Newark Basin   d. They were burnt by contact metamorphism   When a car gets hit in an accident, how is that like mountain building? (Hint: Think of the front end)   a. burned like toast   b. folded and crumple like an accordion and one rock is pushed over another   c. subducted and melted, but not metamorphic   d. sliced like a salami This question is a little tricky! Elongated also means what “texture” that is seen in Metamorphic rocks?   a. bumped   b. foliated   c. fractured   d. like a taffy

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How were the rocks changed? What was one thing that Charles Merguerian, the Professor from Hofstra University, showed with a piece of paper?
  a.
broken by faulting
  b.
mostly folded by convergence
  c.
Mostly faulted by divergence like the Newark Basin
  d.
They were burnt by contact metamorphism

 

When a car gets hit in an accident, how is that like mountain building?
(Hint: Think of the front end)
  a.
burned like toast
  b.
folded and crumple like an accordion and one rock is pushed over another
  c.
subducted and melted, but not metamorphic
  d.
sliced like a salami
  1. This question is a little tricky! Elongated also means what “texture” that is seen in Metamorphic rocks?

      a.
    bumped
      b.
    foliated
      c.
    fractured
      d.
    like a taffy
    1. Are the rocks of New York formed by the process of A, B, or C?
        a.
      Hydrothermal metamorphism
        b.
      Contact metamorphism
        c.
      Regional Metamorphism
      How deeply buried were the metamorphic rocks of NYC that we walk and build on today?
        a.
      never very deep
        b.
      They were deep, like the roots of a mountain and Kyanite formed
        c.
      very shallow so that they bent
        d.
      medium deep like the ocean
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