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Metamorphic rocks are those which have changed type due to heat, presssure or some other geologic agent.

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It's called the rock cycle.

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Scientists use rock cycle to describe what process?

The rock cycle is how one type of rock can be changed into another type of rock.


What type of rock has changed from on type of rock another?

Metamorphic rocks are those which have changed type due to heat, presssure or some other geologic agent.


What kind of rock forms when any type of solid rock changes into another type of rock because of increased pressure or temperature?

Those are metamorphic rocks, changed from one type to another by extreme pressure.


Can sedimentary rock form directly from metamorphic rock?

yes it can- metamorphic has to change into one type of rock after it is changed from another.


Rock that has changed from one type of rock to another type of rock is called?

It can be any type of rock. If heat and pressure deep in the Earth changed it, it is a metamorphic rock. If sediments of sand or other rocks compacted/cemented together, it's a sedimentary rock. If magma from a volcano cools, (on the outside of a volcano) it's an igneous rock.


What are rocks changed from one type into another by a never ending process called?

the rock cycle


Rocks are rocks that have changed from one type of rock to another?

Yes. Igneous rocks have been charged from other rocks by melting followed by solidification. Sedimentary rocks have been changed from other rocks by weathering, erosion, deposition, and consolidation. Metamorphic rocks have been changed from other rocks by pressure and heat.


What type of rock can be changed to igneous rock?

lime stone


How are metomorphic rocks formed?

A type of Rock derived from pre-existing rocks that have been changed by HEAT AND PRESSURE.


What rock has changed into another rock with the application of heat and pressure?

A "metamorphic" rock has done this.


Can a rock chang to a type of rock to another?

rocks can change from one type of rock to another, or not change at all


What type of rock is a metamorphic?

the word "metamorphic"is derived from greek which wean changing form.Therefore metamorphic rocks are the rocks which are formed when one type of rock changes into another type after having been subjected under intense heat or pressure.the process of changing one rock type to another rock is calle rock cycle