Metamorphic rocks form deep within the Earth under conditions of great heat and pressure, partially melting existing rocks like igneous or sedimentary stone. Metamorphic rocks can contain fossils from their original parent rock and form in place from the alteration of other types of rock under high temperature and pressure conditions within the Earth's crust. Common examples include marble.

1. 1. Great heat and pressure can form rocks.
A. igneous B. sedimentary
C. metamorphic D. clay
2. Metamorphic rocks form .
A. on the Earth’s surface B. deep in the Earth
C. from sediments D. from melted
minerals
3. Metamorphic rocks can contain fossils.
A. True B. False
4. Metamorphic rocks are often times the parent
rock.
A. harder than B. softer than
C. exactly like D. the same as
5. Metamorphic rocks only partially melt.
A. True B. False

2. Review
• Metamorphic rocks
• Changed over rocks
• Great heat and great pressure
• Example:
–Marble

3. Igneous Rocks
Metamorphic
Rocks
Sedimentary
Rocks
Melting/cooling
GreatHeatandPressure
Melting/cooling
Great Heat and Pressure
Weathering and Erosion
WeatheringandErosion
Melting/cooling
Great Heat and Pressure Weathering and Erosion