Metamorphic Rocks Quiz

What is the process by which lines or planes within a material become more parallel when they are sheared?

• regional metamorphism

• contact metamorphism

• Transportation

• Diagenesis

What is the term for a fracture or fracture zone in rock, along which rock masses have moved relative to one another parallel to the fracture?

• Metamorphism

• Sedimentary

• Fault

• Igneous

What is the rock from which a metamorphic rock was formed called?

• Protolith

• Sediment

• Igneous

• Magma

What is the tendency for a metamorphic rock to split along parallel planes called?

• Deformation

• Transposition

• Foliation

• Diagenesis

What is the most important kind of metamorphism that affects large regions of Earth's crust?

• Contact metamorphism

• Low grade metamorphism

• Regional metamorphism

• High grade metamorphism

What is the most important kind of metamorphism that affects a rock through mainly the heat from magma?

• Contact metamorphism

• Low grade metamorphism

• Regional metamorphism

• High grade metamorphism

What is the term for the changes that occur in a rock while it is still solid, without melting?

• Deposition

• Metamorphism

• Weathering

• Erosion

What is the term for the process of rocks being buried deeper and deeper in Earth, leading to an increase in temperature?

• Diagenesis

• Transposition

• Regional metamorphism

• Contact metamorphism