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Metamorphic rocks that consist of only one mineral that forms large interlocking crystals often have a _____ texture.
When lava cools, it forms what is known as an extrusive igneous rock. Volcanoes are also associated with alteration from heat and fluids. Therefore you would expect to find extrusive rocks as well as altered rocks.
despite what most people think, metamorphic rocks are not formed only by igneous rocks. an example is slate, which forms from shale, a sedimentary rock
Magma that is ejected during a volcanic eruption forms extrusive igneous rocks. They are also referred to as volcanic rocks.
it forms Basalt.
Extrusive igneous rock
Metamorphic rocks that consist of only one mineral that forms large interlocking crystals often have a _____ texture.
Metamorphic rocks that consist of only one mineral that forms large interlocking crystals often have a _____ texture.
Sediments in sedimentary rocks are often caused by precipitation.
Sedimentary rocks, and foliated metamorphic rocks form in layers.
When lava cools, it forms what is known as an extrusive igneous rock. Volcanoes are also associated with alteration from heat and fluids. Therefore you would expect to find extrusive rocks as well as altered rocks.
sedimentary rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
No. Rocks are not alive in any sense.
despite what most people think, metamorphic rocks are not formed only by igneous rocks. an example is slate, which forms from shale, a sedimentary rock
Lava and magma are two forms of melted rocks
Igneous rocks are rocks that are type of rock that forms from molten rock.