Metamorphic Rocks
- Metamorphic rocks are rocks that have been formed from intense heat and pressure.
- Metamorphic rocks are formed deep beneath the earth's surface.
- The heat and pressure melt the rock, which causes it to change it's structure.
- Metamorphic rocks start changing at the temperature of 100 to 800 degrees Celsius.
- The word metamorphic comes from Greek, which means the word change.
- Metamorphic rocks can also be identified as rocks that are "morphed" in to another type of rock.
As said above the word means change.
- Metamorphic rocks are formed deep beneath the earth's surface.
- The heat and pressure melt the rock, which causes it to change it's structure.
- Metamorphic rocks start changing at the temperature of 100 to 800 degrees Celsius.
- The word metamorphic comes from Greek, which means the word change.
- Metamorphic rocks can also be identified as rocks that are "morphed" in to another type of rock.
As said above the word means change.
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