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Flora - Metamorphic Rocks Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| rock formed by heat, pressure and/or chemically active fluids which alter the preexisting rock deep inside Earth | metamorphic rock |
| a metamorphic rock with a texture that gives the rock a layered appearance | foliated metamorphic rock |
| the original rock material that forms metamorphic rock | parent rock |
| changes in rock caused by the heat from a nearby magma body | contact metamorphism |
| the hot, watery solution that escapes from a mass of magma during the later stages of crystallization which may alter surrounding rock | hydrothermal solution |
| to change shape | deform |
| the changes in mineral composition and texture of a rock subjected to high temperature and pressure inside the Earth | metamorphism |
| metamorphic rock that does not exhibit a banded or layered appearance | nonfoliated metamorphic rock |
| metamorphism associated with large-scale mountain-building processes | regional metamorphism |