Metamorphic Rock Review

Review: Metamorphic Rocks & Rock Cycle

By Eryn Keating

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What type of rock can become a metamorhic rock?

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Any Rock type!

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The original rock before it was changed by metamorphism will NEVER be called the:

• Daughter rock

• Parent rock

• Protolith

• Pre-existing rock

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A metamorphic rock is likely to form in all locations EXCEPT:

• Mountains formed by collisions

• Deep in Earth's crust

• Near the coast from deposition

• Near igneous intrusions

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Which type of metamorphism is caused by continental collisions (folded mountains) and from subduction zones (oceanic trenches)?

• Regional

• National

• Contact

• Convergent

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Which type of metamorphism is caused by touching magma (igneous intrusions)?

• Regional

• National

• Contact

• Convergent

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Which type of metamorphism occurs in larger areas from convergent plate boundaries (where 2 crustal plates are moving toward each other)?

• Regional

• National

• Contact

• Continental

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How are metamorphic rocks classified?

• Intrusive or extrusive

• Foliated or nonfoliated

• Clastic or non clastic

• Mafic or felsic

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Classify this metamorphic rock, Gneiss:

• Foliated

• Nonfoliated

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Classify this metamorphic rock, Marble:

• Foliated

• Nonfoliated

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Classify this metamorphic rock, Quartzite:

• Foliated

• Nonfoliated

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Classify this metamorphic rock, Schist:

• Foliated

• Nonfoliated

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Which metamorphic rock was changed by the most heat and pressure (highest grade metamorphism) ?

• Slate

• Phyllite

• Schist

• Gneiss

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Which type of rock is formed at mid-ocean ridges where the ocean floor is splitting apart?

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

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Which type of rock is formed in river Deltas, Valleys, and other low areas?

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

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Which type of rock is formed where the continents collide & smash together making folded mountains?

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

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Which type of rock is formed by volcanic eruptions?

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

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Which type of rock is formed by depositions of sand & shells near the ocean shore?

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

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Which type of rock is formed underground NEAR igneous intrusions?

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

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Which type of rock can be formed from CLASTS - broken pieces of other rocks?

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

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Which type of rock can be formed from molten rock that cools and crystallizes ?

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

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Which type of rock changes & re-crystallizes from heat and pressure?

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

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Which type of rock involves the 5 stages of weathering, erosion, deposition, compaction, and cementation (lithification)?

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

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Which type of rock involves melting, cooling, and crystallization?

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

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What is formed when a rock melts?

• Magma

• Sediments

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

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What is formed from heat and pressure?

• Magma

• Sediments

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

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What is formed from weathering and erosion?

• Magma

• Sediments

• Igneous rocks

• Sedimentary rocks

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What is formed from compaction and cementation?

• Metamorphic rocks

• Sediments

• Igneous rocks

• Sedimentary rocks

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What is formed from cooling and crystallizing?

• Molten rocks

• Metamorphic rocks

• Igneous rocks

• Sedimentary rocks