metamorphic rock quiz

Question 1

rock name that comes from the greek word for “changed” and “Shape”

Answer 1

metamorphic

Question 2

kind of rock in which the structure, texture, or composition have been changed

Answer 2

metamorphic

Question 3

what forces can create metamorphic rocks

Answer 3

heat and pressure

Question 4

the heat and pressure at which some metamorphic rocks originally form allow them to remain sometimes

Answer 4

solid

Question 5

the effect of heat on rock decreases as the rocks BLANK from the magma increase and its BLANK decreases

Answer 5

distance, temperature

Question 6

during, BLANK, rock is heated by nearby magma

Answer 6

contact metamorphism

Question 7

when pressure builds up in the rock which is located under other rock formations, BLANK occurs

Answer 7

regional metamorphism

Question 8

regional metamorphism occurs deep in the Earths

Answer 8

crust

Question 9

after quartz limestone has recrystallized, the new rock is

Answer 9

quatzite