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What conditions determine whether metamorphic changes willl occur over a large or small area?
Change over large areas - usually the deeper down rocks are the more change occurs.Usually due to both heat and pressure.Mountain Ranges are example of large area metamorphic. Change over small areas - formed by heat pressure ALONE
Metamorphic is a process by which buried rocks in a large area are changed by heat and fluids?
Regional
The greatest volume of metamorphic rock is produced during?
The greatest volume of metamorphic rock is produced during regional metamorphism. It affects an extensive area as a result of the large-scale action of heat and pressure.
Which area undergoes large changes in temperature in a given day?
tundra
What causes large groups of people to migrate?
large groups of people migrate becuse they want to explore different area or the climate of ones area
How are parachuters air restance?
The large cross-sectional area of the chute causes resistance to their falling.
How can habitat degradation cause changes in an area's biodiversity?
Alterations of a habitat may lead to drastic changes in a ecosystem and may even lead to the extinction of a species.
The presence of many metamorphic rocks in Virginia is an indication that the area was subjected to what?
It could indicate that the area now exposed was subjected to erosion and uplift over a long expanse of time, thus exposing the metamorphic rock.
What series of predictable changes would occur after a glacier melts exposing a large area of bare rock?
Primary Succession
What is regional metamorphism?
a change in the texture, structure, or chemical composition of a rock due to changes in temperature and pressure over a large area
The presence of many metamorphic rocks in Virginia is an indication that the area has been subjected to?
Orogeny.
Define natural disaster?
A phenomenon that causes great damage to a lot of people or a large area over which man has little or no control.
