Mountains and Metamorphic Rocks Intro.

Mountains and Metamorphic Rocks

Multiple Choice

Morph means what?

• change

• alter

• switch

• rearrange

How are mountains formed?

View this video to answer that question. Write it down!

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How do mountains form?

• pieces of the Earth crash into each other

• plates converge, crust crumbles and are pushed up over each other

• plates separate and cause sea spreading

• plates fall apart

Multiple Choice

Which mountain was talked about in the video that is still growing?

• The Pocono Mountains

• The Appalachians

• Mt. Fujiama

• Mt. Everest

2. What are 2 things that act on a parent rock to change it to a metamorphic rock?

3. What are 2 places metamorphic rocks form?

4. What are the 2 types of metamorphic rocks and how are they different?

5. Name 2 metamorphic rocks.

Types of Metamorphic Rock

• There are 2 types

• Foliated and Non-foliated

• Foliated means it was formed with layers

• Non-foliated means it was formed without layers.

Multiple Choice

True or False: Metamorphic rock can form layers.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Is this rock foliated or nonfoliated?

• Foliated

• Nonfoliated

Multiple Choice

This pink and black striped rock can be classified as

• foliated metamorphic
• unfoliated metamorphic
• clastic sedimentaary
• organic sedimentary

Multiple Choice

Metamorphic Rocks are classified by

• Mineral Composition
• Texture (foliated / non foliated)
• Grain Sizes
• How they formed.

Multiple Choice

Which texture best describes the rock above?

• porphyritic

• nonfoliated

• foliated

• clastic

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__________ metamorphic rocks have mineral grains that are not arranged in distinct bands.

• Conglomerate

• Non-foliated

• Foliated

• Permeated

Metamorphic rocks...

• form with heat and pressure.

• Can be formed from any other kind of rock.

• Have a "parent" rock from which they were formed.

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes the type of environment a metamorphic rock forms in

• High heat, low pressure

• Low heat, high pressure

• High heat, high pressure

• Low heat, low pressure

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Metamorphic rocks are rocks that are changed from what two processes?

• Temperature

• Movement

• Pressure

• Deposition

Multiple Choice

When metamorphic rocks are formed, the extreme heat is usually caused by the _______.

• gravity in the atmosphere

• collision of tectonic plates

• the fiery hot magma in the Earth's mantle

• weight of the mountains

Multiple Choice

Metamorphic rocks form from ___.

• igneous rocks

• other metamorphic rocks

• sedimentary rocks

• all types of rocks

Multiple Choice

The original rock before metamorphism is called a ____.

• starter

• kid

• original

• parent

Multiple Choice

Where does the heat that causes metamorphism come from?

• core

• fire

• mantle and magma

• crust

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Where do metamorphic rocks form?

• on the tops of mountains

• deep in the Earth's crust

• down in the core

• in areas of plate movement

Open Ended

Name 2 metamorphic rocks.