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Where do Most metamorphic rock forms?

heat and pressure beneath Earth's surface can change a rock into metamorphic rock.


Where and under what conditions are metamorphic rock formed?

Heat and pressure deep beneath Earth's surface can change any rock into metamorphic rock


When metamorphic rock changes to magma the magma rises and cools to become?

A metamorphic rock is formed by the elements, minor heat, and compression. When the metamorphic rock is melted by magma, this would indicate that the metamorphic rock is under the surface of the earth. If it rises and cools again you will have an extrusive igneous rock. In a lot of cases, this is metamorphic rock on the surface under the influence of lava. This would change the composition and it would not longer be metamorphic, but rather igneous.


What forms beneath earths surface?

The rock that forms on earth's surface is extrusive rock or otherwise known as a metamorphic rock.


When metamorphic rock melts turns into?

Metamorphic rock that melts turns to magma. This only becomes lava if it is erupted to the surface in a volcano.


What type of rock forms from heat and pressure beneath earth's surface?

Metamorphic rock


What type of rock forms on earth's surface from pieces of other rock?

Metamorphic in a sentence


What is a rock that forms from other rock due to heat and pressure beneath earths surface?

A rock that forms from other rocks due to heat and pressure beneath the Earth's surface is called a metamorphic rock. Examples include marble, slate, and gneiss.


When magma cools above the earth's surface it forms?

metamorphic rock


How can sedimentary rock turn into metamorphic rock?

The rock needs to be 100 to 200 km under the Earth's surface.


Why metamorphic rock rarely forms at earth surface?

Metamorphic rock forms deep below the Earth's surface where high pressure and temperature conditions exist. These conditions are not typically found at the Earth's surface where weathering, erosion, and lower temperatures prevail. As a result, metamorphic rock is rarely formed at the Earth's surface.


What are the 3 type rocks?

Metamorphic, Igneous, and Sedimentary. Sedimentary is produced by river sediments compacted into hard rock by years of pressure. Igneous rock is formed by lava cooling down when it reaches the surface. Metamorphic rock comes from Igneous, Sedimentary, or other Metamorphic rocks and is defined as rock that has been changed from some other rock, called a protolith, by years of heat and pressure beneath the Earth's surface.