underground into hardened rock. melted rock is READING Diagrans called magma. What causes a sedimentary rock to become a metamorphic rock? C 13
underground into hardened rock. melted rock is READING Diagrans called magma. What causes a sedimentary rock to become a metamorphic rock? C 13
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What Are Metamorphic Rocks?
In a way, some rocks result
from being cooked. They are
lassified as metamorphic
(met uh-MAWR fik) rocks. The word
How Do Rocks Change?
metamorp
rock that fom
from limesto
process by which rocks are changed
from one type into another. A cycle
is something that happens over and
over again.
a
Rocks are always changing. All
rocks are part of the rock cycle
The rock cycle is a never-ending
metamorphic means "changed in
form." A metamorphic rock is a rock
that has been changed by heat,
pressure, or both. Before the change
the rock may have been any kind of
rock, even another metamorphic rock.
Heat from nearby rising magma
can cause a chemical change in the
minerals making up a rock. The
weight of rocks stacked on top of a
rock builds up pressure that can
cause the rock to change.
Geologists classify metamorphic
rocks into two groups. In one group
pressure causes minerals to spread
out in bands. The rocks can break
What is the rock cycle?
How the Rock Cycle Works
apart along these bands. One
Pressing and
cementing
Sandstone
(sedimentary
rock)
(NIGHS). It can form when granite
or shale is heated under
Rocks classified in the other gro
of metamorphic rocks do not have
bands of minerals. They do not brei
in layers. Marble is one example od
this type of rock. Marble forms wha
limestone is heated under pressure
pressure
Weathering and erosion
Heat and Pressure
Occurs deep underground
and chemically changes
the rock.
Weathering and Erosion
Wind and water break
up rocks and carry them
away. The sediments
drop off in time.
P
How do metamorphic
Weathering and erosion
Quartzite
Imetamorphic
rock)
Basalt
rocks form?
essure
(igneous rock)
How Rocks Can Be Changed
Pressure
Melting
Cools and
hardens
Lava
Melting
Rocks melt deep
Cools and Hardens
Magma and lava cool
into hardened rock.
below Earth's surface.
The underground
melted rock is
called magma.
READING
LDiagrans
What causes a sedimentary rock
to become a metamorphic rock?
Limestone
C 13
(sedimentary rock)
Marble
(metamorphic rod
C 12
Heat
FFP
Heat and
pressure
and erosion
Weathering
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