Amplify Rock Transformations Key Concepts
Africa and Europe are very close to each other, but they used to be far apart. Which diagram shows what happened to the plates that Africa and Europe are part of?
C One plate goes under the other and sinks into the soft rock below.
How does metamorphic rock form?
It was heated and put under pressure
John leaves the Rocky Mountains to travel to the Great Plains, when he gets back in a week could the rocks have transformed?
The rock is not likely to change very much. Most rock transformation processes happen very slowly.
Small rocks are at the bottom of a rock formation. How did they break off?
Wind and rain interacted with the rock, breaking it into small pieces.
The sand on a Hawaiian beach is black. The sand used to be from a rock formation. How did it turn to sand?
Wind and rain interacted with the rock, breaking it into small pieces.
Rock A formed from small pieces of rock. Rock B formed from liquid rock in a different place. Are Rocks A and B the same or different types of rock?
different types because they formed in different ways.
Rock A formed from small pieces of rock. Rock B formed from liquid rock in a different place. Rocks A and B formed at about the same time in the Cretaceous period. Are Rock A and B the same or different types of rocks?
different types because they formed in different ways.
Rock A formed from small pieces of rock. Rock B formed from liquid rock in a different place. Rocks A and B formed at about the same time. Are Rocks A and B the same or different types of rock?
different types because they formed in different ways.
Is it possible that material from an igneous rock formation could ever form sedimentary rock on Earth's surface?
Yes, if igneous rock is moved to Earth's surface and exposed to energy from the sun, it could weather into small rock pieces that could form sedimentary rock.
Could material from this sedimentary rock ever form igneous rock?
Yes, if sedimentary rock is moved below Earth's outer layer and exposed to energy from Earth's interior, it can melt into liquid rock and form igneous rock.
Could the material that made an igneous rock come from a sedimentary rock?
Yes, if sedimentary rock is moved below Earth's outer layer and exposed to energy from Earth's interior, it can melt into liquid rock and form igneous rock.
How could energy have played a role in the different rock types forming?
Energy from different sources leads to different types of rock. Energy inside Earth melts rock into liquid rock, but energy from the sun causes rock to weather into small pieces of rock.
How could energy have played a role in forming two different rock types?
Energy from different sources leads to different types of rock. Energy inside Earth melts rock into liquid rock, but energy from the sun causes rock to weather into small pieces.