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There are many ways to change and form it but the most common way the rock get the pressure and heat it needs to change and form is when the rock is beneath the Earth's surface (near the mantle where it's hot) and receive the pressure from all the rock layers above it.

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How metamorphic rock can change to igneous rock?

if the igneous rock is put under heat and pressure it turns into a metamorphic


What can an igneous rock be changed into?

An igneous rock can change into a metamorphic rock with heat or pressure.


How does metamorphic form?

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What rock can only be formed from sedimenta rock or igneous rock?

Metamorphic rocks. With proper heat and pressure sedimentary and igneous rocks can form metamorphic rocks.


How was metamorphic made?

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What is metamorphic rock forms from?

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What is rock that is changed by heat pressure or chemical change?

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