SCIENCE
EARTH SCIENCE
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Question
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Wind and erosion
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Water evaporating
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Heat and pressure
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Rapid cooling
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Detailed explanation-1: -Metamorphic rocks form when rocks are subjected to high heat, high pressure, hot mineral-rich fluids or, more commonly, some combination of these factors. Conditions like these are found deep within the Earth or where tectonic plates meet.
Detailed explanation-2: -If there is too much heat or pressure, the rock will melt and become magma. This will result in the formation of an igneous rock, not a metamorphic rock. Consider how granite changes form. Granite is an igneous rock that forms when magma cools relatively slowly underground.
Detailed explanation-3: -Igneous and sedimentary rocks can change into metamorphic rocks under great heat and pressure. For example, clay changes to slate and limestone changes to marble. Lava is molten.