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Can a sedimentary rock be a igneous rock when exposed to heat and pressure?
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∙ 10y ago
Usually it is metamorphic rocks that are formed by heat and pressure, but sedimentary rocks can too. Usually, the word 'sedimentary' means 'of sediments' which means that it is composed of lots of layers upon layers compacting down. In that case, pressure is essential, but heat isn't always needed.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 10y agono it can't but if a sedimentary or an igneous rock is exposed to heat and pressure it would change into a metamorphic rock
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∙ 10y agoHeat and pressure form metamorphic rocks. Igneous rocks will form if heat is sufficient to melt the rock and is later reduced, allowing the rock to resolidify.
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Igneous and sedimentary rocks are exposed to extreme pressure and heat They will most likely form?
Metamorphic rocks.
How can sedimentary rock be transformed into igneous rock?
Heat and pressure
What forms when heat and pressure act on igneous rock?
Sedimentary Rocks.
What are Igneous or sedimentary rocks that are changed by heat or pressure called?
metamorphic rock
What must be present for igneous and sedimentary to form into metamorphic rocks?
Pressure and heat.
Igneous and sedimentary rocks are exposed to extreme pressure and heat They will most likely form?
Metamorphic rocks.
What rock is igneous or sedimentary rock that has been changed by extreme pressure or heat?
Igneous or sedimentary rocks that have been transformed by heat or pressure are known as metamorphic rocks.
How can a sedimentary rock change to a igneous rock?
Heat and pressure
How can sedimentary rock be transformed into igneous rock?
Heat and pressure
CAN Metamorphic rocks occur from sedimentary and igneous rocks?
Yes, both sedimentary and igneous rock can be metamorphosed by heat and pressure.
How a sedimentary rock or igneous rock become a metamorphic rock?
when sedimentary rocks get exposed to great heat and pressure, they become more consolidated (harder to weather). when igneous rock combines with sediments and the two are heated under pressure, they become one rock, a metamorphic rock
Does heat and pressure form metamorphic?
Yes it dose Sedimentary and igneous
How was metamorphic made?
an igneous or sedimentary rock that is changed by heat or pressure
What forms when heat and pressure act on igneous rock?
Sedimentary Rocks.
What are Igneous or sedimentary rocks that are changed by heat or pressure called?
metamorphic rock
What causes sedimentary and igneous rocks to change?
by melting and cooling
Intense heat and pressure change igneous and sedimentary rock into?
metamorphic rock
