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Which type of rock forms when exteme heat and pressure is applied?
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∙ 13y ago
Heat and pressure causes Metamorphic Rocks to form.
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When heat and pressure is applied to sedimentary rock it changes into what?
Diamond
What happens to sandstone when heat and pressure are applied?
It becomes metamorphic rock
What rock forms when sandstone goes through heat and pressure?
Sandstone that has experienced heat and high pressure can form a metamorphic rock called quartzite.
What type of rock forms when heat and pressure is put on granite?
A granitic gneiss.
Which fossil fuel forms under the most extreme heat and pressure?
Oil
Forms in metamorphic rock?
A metamorphic rock forms by heat and pressure
When heat and pressure is applied to sedimentary rock it changes into what?
Diamond
What layer has the least amount of pressure and heat applied to it?
The crust
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.
What Metamorphic rock forms as a result?
heat and pressure
What happens to sandstone when heat and pressure are applied?
It becomes metamorphic rock
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.
Does Sand forms by Heat Pressure?
No. Sand is a type of sediment. Therefore it is a type of sedimentary rock, and is not formed by heat or pressure.
What rock forms when it is changed by heat or pressure?
A metamorphic rock.
Forms as a result of heat and pressure?
I think it's metamorphic rock
