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Which type of rock forms from previously existing rocks that have been altered by heat and pressure?
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metamorphic
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What is formed from shale exposed to great pressure?
Slate forms from shale under pressure.
What is the main difference between metamorphic rocks and igneous rocks?
Igneous rock forms when molten minerals cool from a liquid into a solid. Metamorphics forms deep under earth's crust where it's really hot. Heat and pressure changes the rock's properties, eventually turning it into an metamorphic rock.
High pressure and high temperature cause rocks to?
High temperature and pressure can cause rocks to change their forms. This is known as metamorphic.High pressure and high temperature can cause rocks to change forms. This is known as metamorphic.
What forms where warm air moves toward cold air?
A warm front forms.
How does the movement of air affect the type of weather that forms from high pressure and low pressure systems?
that the hell who would want to know that
Which type of rock forms previously existing rocks that have been altered by heat and pressure?
metamorphic
What forms as heat or pressure cause changes in an existing rock?
A "metamorphic" rock forms.
What forms new species?
New species derive from previously existing species through a process called speciation.
How are snails formed in a fish tank with fish in it?
Reproduction by a previously existing life form or life forms. With regards to many aquatic snails, which are hermaphroditic, it only takes one. or an egg.
A metamorphic rock is from where?
Metamorphic rock usually forms when a rock is altered under heat and pressure without melting. Some rocks may be metamorphosed by contact with hot water,
Where does metamorphic rock formed?
Deep Underground (I think)
What is the definition of varied?
Modified and/or altered. Having different kinds or forms; diverse.
What is the other form of the pokemo Giratina?
there are two forms, origin forme, and altered forme.
What rock forms by pressure on large masses of rock?
Metamorphic rock forms when under lots of pressure.
List of animal forms on altered beast?
Wolf, dragon, bear, tiger, and wolf again
What is the environment of quartzite?
Quartzite is a Metamorphic Rock that undergos extreme heat and pressure forcing pre-existing rocks to recrystalize. It forms through contact metamorphism. It's formed at an igneous intrusion cutting through existing rock in a small area; usually along cooled igneus intrusions.
Forms in metamorphic rock?
A metamorphic rock forms by heat and pressure
