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Q: Which best describes how metamorphic rock is formed?
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Metamorphic rock formed from sandstone?

Quartzite is a metamorphic rock formed from sandstone.


What the rock cycle describe?

The rock cycle describes how rocks are formed, and how they change to sedimentary rock, to metamorphic rock, to magma, to igneous rock, to sediment, and back to sedimentary rock.


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.


Rock formed by heat and pressure?

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What type of rock was the metamorphic rock schist formed from?

Probably the metamorphic rock phyllite.


Type of rock formed by heating and squeezing other rocks?

metamorphic.


A metamorphic rock made from limestone?

Marble is the metamorphic rock formed from limestone. =)


Which property best describes a rock which has formed from sediments?

The property that best describes a rock which has formed from sediments is that it is usually graded. It has fossils which are in form of rounded particles.


What is the texure that describes a metamorphic rock?

no


Who is correct a metamorphic rock is formed from a sedimentary rock or a metamorphic rock can form from an igneous rock?

both are correct metamorphic rock can form from both.


How can a rock be transformed into a metamorphic rock?

Rock can be changed into metamorphic rock by heat and pressure.


When a rock is altered by extreme heat and pressure what type of rock is the result?

Gneiss would be one such rock. High-grade metamorphic rock describes the type of rock based on the formational parameters of the question.