Chapter 26.4

Question 1

Metamorphic rock is changed by a combination of which 3 things?

Answer 1

heat, pressure and chemical reactions.

Question 2

Which type of rocks can be changed by metamorphism?

Answer 2

igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic rock

Question 3

What is it called when metamorphic changes in rock occur over large areas?

Answer 3

Regional Metamorphism

Question 4

What is it called when metamorphic changes in rocks occur over small changes?

Answer 4

Regional and contact metamorphism

Question 5

When shale is compressed, which type of metamorphic rock is created?

Answer 5

slate

Question 6

What are the two types of metamorphic rock textures?

Answer 6

foliated and nonfoliated

Question 7

Define foliated texture

Answer 7

layers and bands

Question 8

Define nonfoliated texture

Answer 8

crystals with random orientations

Question 9

Metamorphic rocks are mainly classified based on which two things?

Answer 9

texture and composition

Question 10

Define Rock Cycle

Answer 10

the continual changing of rocks from one type to another

Question 11

Which types of rocks are part of the rock cycle?

Answer 11

igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic

Question 12

What are the 3 types of rock?

Answer 12

igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic

Question 13

Which type of rocks form from molten rock?

Answer 13

igneous

Question 14

Which types of rocks are formed from clasts, precipitation, or compressed once living matter?

Answer 14

sedimentary rock

Question 15

Which type of rocks are formed from heat, pressure and chemical reactions

Answer 15

metamorphic

Question 16

What can form from hot water, evaporation, or molten rock

Answer 16

minerals