Metamorphic Rocks

Match the following

• Marble

• 
• Slate

• 
• Quartzite

• 
• Gneiss

• 
• Schist

• 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The term ______ refers to any nearly flat arrangement of minerals within a rock due to extreme pressure and stress.

Answer explanation

Which of the following are mechanisms that drive metamorphism?

• heat

• confining pressure

• erosion

• lithification

Determine the texture of the metamorphic rock:

• Foliated

• Non-Foliated

Answer explanation

Metamorphic rocks that form strictly from intense heat do not show mineral alignment. This texture is called....

• Foliated

• Nonfoliated

Do metamorphic rocks change names based on how much pressure or heat happens to them?

• Yes
• No

Determine the texture of the metamorphic rock:

• Foliated

• Non-Foliated

Answer explanation

__________ metamorphism occurs when magma heats the surrounding rock and changes it.

• Regional
• Forced
• Igneotrophic
• Contact

It is very important to know the parent rocks of metamorphic rocks. What does Limestone metamorphose into?

• Anthracite Coal

• Quartzite

• Marble

• Slate

Metamorphic rock can form out of other METAMORPHIC rock.

• True

• False