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How can an igneous rock become a metamorphic rock

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Get buried by rocks, then get cooked by the core and squeezed from the pressure of the layers above it

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How can an igneous rock become a sedimentary rock?

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Break into sediment, get deposited by wind/water, compressed by piles of sediments, then cemented together

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How can a metamorphic rock become a sedimentary rock

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Break into little sediments, get deposited by wind/water, compressed by pils of sediments, then cemented together

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How can a sedimentary rock become an igneous rock

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Fall into lave/magma, then cool off cool off above ground and be extrusive with small crystals or cool slowly and develop larger crystals

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How can a metamorphic rock become an igneous rock

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Fall into lave/magma, then cool off cool off above ground and be extrusive with small crystals or cool slowly and develop larger crystals

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How can a sedimentary rock become a metamorphic rock?

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Get buried by rocks, then get cooked by the core and squeezed from the pressure of the layers above it

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