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How could metamorphic rock become a sedimentary rock?

When sedimentary rock undergoes enough heat and pressure, it becomes metamorphic rock. A classic example of this is when shale becomes slate.


When Sedimentary rocks melt what kind of rock is formed?

when sedimentary melts the heat squeezes the rock then it becomes a metamorphic rock.


What happens to a sedimentary rock after weathering?

I becomes sediments again or becomes igneous or metamorphic rock


When lava cools does it become sedimentary rock?

No. It becomes igneous rock.


How does a speck of sand turn into a sedimentary rock?

The grain of sand becomes a sedimentary rock when it gets erosion and is deposited on the bottom of a body of water. Then the eroded sand builds up and becomes a sedimentary rock if there is enough eroded sand.


What is a name of a sedimentary rock that becomes igneous?

metamorphic


What happens to igneous rocks when the undergo weathering and erosion?

If eroded, deposited, compacted and cemented, it becomes clastic sedimentary rock.


How can sedimentary rock becomes a metamorphic rock?

When the metamorphic rock breaks down into sediment. Thus, making the new rock sedimentary because when sediment forms together over time it makes it sedimentary rock


What does a igneous rock have to do before it can become a sedimentary rock?

It melts then it becomes solid


How is sedimentary rock destroyed?

Sedimentary rock becomes smaller and smaller due to physical and chemical weathering. Metamorphism and melt would also create new material from sedimentary rock.


How does sedimentary rock change to metamorphic rock?

metamorphic rocks get compacted and cemented together until it becomes sedimentary rocks. they can also get crystallized underwater into sedimentary rock. hope you find this helpful!!! :)when a rock is put under a lot of heat and pressure it morphs into a sedimentary rock.


Can a sedimentary rock become an igneous rock before it becomes a metamorphic rock?

Yes, depending on where it is located