Short Answer Flashcards
How can an igneous rock become a metamorphic rock
Get buried by rocks, then get cooked by the core and squeezed from the pressure of the layers above it
How can an igneous rock become a sedimentary rock?
Break into sediment, get deposited by wind/water, compressed by piles of sediments, then cemented together
How can a metamorphic rock become a sedimentary rock
Break into little sediments, get deposited by wind/water, compressed by pils of sediments, then cemented together
How can a sedimentary rock become an igneous rock
Fall into lave/magma, then cool off cool off above ground and be extrusive with small crystals or cool slowly and develop larger crystals
How can a metamorphic rock become an igneous rock
Fall into lave/magma, then cool off cool off above ground and be extrusive with small crystals or cool slowly and develop larger crystals
How can a sedimentary rock become a metamorphic rock?
Get buried by rocks, then get cooked by the core and squeezed from the pressure of the layers above it