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Heat and pressure causes Metamorphic Rocks to form.

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What type of rock forms when heat and pressure is put on granite?

When heat and pressure are applied to granite, it transforms into a metamorphic rock called gneiss. Gneiss typically exhibits banded textures and can contain minerals such as quartz, feldspar, and mica that have been reoriented due to the intense pressure and heat.


Forms in metamorphic rock?

A metamorphic rock forms by heat and pressure


What layer has the least amount of pressure and heat applied to it?

The crust


What Metamorphic rock forms as a result?

heat and pressure


What is shale after heat and pressure?

Slate is the metamorphic rock that forms from shale after it is exposed to heat and pressure for a llllloooooonnnnnnnggggg time.


When heat and pressure is applied to any rock it becomes what?

It becomes hot and under pressure. At some stage, with sufficient heat and pressure it could become a metamorphic rock.


When heat and pressure is applied to any rock it becomes?

It becomes hot and under pressure. At some stage, with sufficient heat and pressure it could become a metamorphic rock.


What forms as heat or pressure cause changes in an existing rock?

A "metamorphic" rock forms.


What rock forms when it is changed by heat or pressure?

A metamorphic rock.


What 2 things are applied to igneous or sedimentary rocks that make metamorphic rocks form?

Heat and pressure are applied to igneous or sedimentary rocks to make metamorphic rocks form. Heat causes mineral grains to recrystallize, while pressure helps to rearrange the mineral structure within the rock.


Forms as a result of heat and pressure?

I think it's metamorphic rock


What type of rock forms as heat and or pressure causes changes?

Granite