Metamorphic for the final

Question 1

controls on formation

Answer 1

heat, pressure, and fluids

Question 2

Regional metamorphism

Answer 2

large scale; occur at convergent boundaries. ex. mountain ranges

Question 3

Contact metamorphism

Answer 3

magma alters country rock; may be done by baking or fluids.

Question 4

What makes a rock foliated?

Answer 4

increasing temp and pressure leads to rotation and alignment of minerals

Question 5

Examples of foliated metamorphic rocks.

Answer 5

slate, phyllite, schist, and gneiss

Question 6

What is the parent rock of slate, phyllite, schist, and gneiss?

Answer 6

shale

Question 7

Examples of non-foliated metamorphic rocks.

Answer 7

marble, quartzite, hornfels, anthracite coal

Question 8

high-grade

Answer 8

high pressure and high temperature; tend to be coarse-grained

Question 9

low-grade

Answer 9

low pressure and low temperature; ten to be fine-grained

Question 10

The original, unmetamorphosed rock from which a given metamorphic rock is formed. For example, the protolith of slate is a shale or mudstone

Answer 10

protolith