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What m described rocks that were formed when existing rocks were heated or squashed?
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Metamorphic rock. This can naturally form an existing Sedimentary, Igneous or Metamorphic rock due to exposure to heat and/or pressure.
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When copper is heated in oxygen the compound formed is?
sodium
What is a leading theory for the formation of fossil fuels?
Organic matter was compressed and heated
Why there is no substance formed when sulfur and iron is heated?
no,iron sulphide is made up when sulphur and iron is heated.
What is formed when magnesium is heated?
The solid formed is magnesium oxide.The gas formed is carbon dioxide.
What is the name of the compound formed when magnesium and sulfur are heated?
iron oxide
What M describes rocks that were formed when existing rocks were heated or squashed?
Metamorphic rock. This can naturally form an existing Sedimentary, Igneous or Metamorphic rock due to exposure to heat and/or pressure.
How is garnet is formed?
A Mica Garnet schist is a metamorphic rock formed from a shale or a granitic mother rock when this is squashed and heated at death in the crust.
How is garnet mica formed?
A Mica Garnet schist is a metamorphic rock formed from a shale or a granitic mother rock when this is squashed and heated at death in the crust.
What does slate turn into if its heated and squashed?
phyllite
What does slate turn into if heated and squashed?
If slate is sufficiently heated and compressed it becomes phyllite.
What s does slate turn into if heated and squashed?
Slate is already a metamorpic rock. It is formed by the action of heat and pressure on shale. Further metamorphism may produce phyllite.
What does slate tun into if heated and squashed even more?
Gneiss.
Metamorphic rocks can only be formed from?
Well, metamorphic rocks can be formed from sedimentary rock OR igneous rock OR other metamorphic rock that has been pushed far beneath the crust of the earth.
Two products formed when limestone is heated?
quicklime is formed when lmesone is heated
Are geysers formed when groundwater is heated by nearby magma?
Geysers are, in fact, formed when groundwater is heated by nearby magma. They can also be formed by volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occasionally as well.
What is the term when rocks are formed when older rocks are heated or squeezed?
If it is squeezed and heated sufficiently to realign the minerals or form new minerals, it is called a metamorphic rock. If it is squeezed and heated enough to melt, then solidify, it would be called an igneous rock.
Rocks that are created when existing rocks are heated or squeezed?
Metamorphic rock
