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Why is it important to know the characteristics when trying to classify nonfoliated metamorphic rocks?
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What are the classes of metamorphic rocks?
Geologist classify metamorphic rocks according to the arrangement of the grains that make up the rocks and also it either being foliated or nonfoliated
What are the three groups into which geologist classify rock?
Metamorphic, igneous and sedimentary
Scientists classify organisms based on their what?
characteristics
What is characteristics of man?
classify man
When you group things into groups on a certain characteristics you are what with those objects?
Classify
What are the classes of metamorphic rocks?
Geologist classify metamorphic rocks according to the arrangement of the grains that make up the rocks and also it either being foliated or nonfoliated
Why is this important when trying to classify nonfoliated metamorphic rocks?
A non-foliated texture is cataclastic: the result of mechanical fracturing of rocks by the application of directional strain. The texture is chararcterised by the presence of brecciated and bent minerals and rock fragments.
How do geologists classify metamorphic rock?
Geologists classify metamorphic rocks by the arrangements of the grains that make up the rocks.
How do we classify rocks as igneous and sedimentary and metamorphic?
composition, how it is formed
Classify metamorphic rocks as foliated or non-foliated?
cats
What are the three groups into which geologist classify rock?
Metamorphic, igneous and sedimentary
How can you classify various sustances?
we classify the objects on the basis of certain characteristics favorable for us. we use different characteristics to classify the different types of the objects into groups.
What are the three main categories into which geologists classify rocks?
Sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous.
What are the characteristics Scientists use to classify rocks?
they classify the rocks by their texture and compisition
What is used to classify metamorphic rocks?
texture, color, chemical reactions things like that.
How do you classify an igneous metamorphic and sedimentary rock?
Investigate what they look like, where you found them, and how they were formef
Do geologists classify metamorphic rocks by the arrangement of grains making up the rock?
Yes.
