Metamorphic Rocks: Heat and Pressure Exercise

Metamorphic Rocks: Heat and Pressure

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Metamorphic Rocks: Heat and Pressure

Investigate how intense heat and pressure transform existing rocks into metamorphic rocks.

Questions

  1. MultiChoice

    How do metamorphic rocks form?

  2. MultiChoice

    What happens if temperature becomes high enough to completely melt a rock during metamorphism?

  3. MultiChoice

    Where does the heat required for metamorphism come from?

  4. MultiChoice

    Where does the pressure for regional metamorphism originate?

  5. MultiChoice

    What is contact metamorphism?

  6. MultiChoice

    What is regional metamorphism?

  7. MultiChoice

    What metamorphic rock forms when shale experiences low-grade metamorphism?

  8. MultiChoice

    What rock forms when limestone undergoes metamorphism?

  9. MultiChoice

    What parent rock metamorphoses to form quartzite?

  10. MultiChoice

    What is a protolith (parent rock)?

  11. MultiChoice

    Why do minerals recrystallize during metamorphism?

  12. MultiChoice

    Which geological environment provides conditions for regional metamorphism?