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Question 1

A process in which the composition, texture, and structure of a rock has been changed

Answer 1

Metamorphism

Question 2

The process in which magma comes directly in contact with a surrounding rock.

Answer 2

Contact Metamorphism

Question 3

The process in which rock that is buried under other rock formations or when large pieces of the Earth’s crust collide with each other. .

Answer 3

Regional Metamorphism

Question 4

Minerals that are used to estimate the temperature, depth, and pressure at which a rock undergoes metamorphism

Answer 4

Index Minerals

Question 5

The texture of metamorphic rock in which the minerals are arranged in grains or bands

Answer 5

Foliated

Question 6

A foliated metamorphic rock that comes from shale

Answer 6

Slate

Question 7

What forms when slate is exposed to heat and pressure,

Answer 7

Phyllite

Question 8

What forms when phyllite is exposed to heat and pressure.

Answer 8

Schist

Question 9

What forms when heat separates minerals into distinct bands.

Answer 9

Gneiss

Question 10

The texture of metamorphic rock which the minerals aren’t in planes or bands.

Answer 10

Nonfoliated

Question 11

The process in which the metamorphic’s rock composition changes.

Answer 11

Recrystallization

Question 12

A change in the shape of a rock caused by a force placed on it.

Answer 12

Deformation