What Are Metamorphic Rocks?

by Judy Monroe Peterson

This fact-filled resource explains metamorphic rocks. Readers learn about the different ways in which they are formed and how they change into different metamorphic rocks through contact metamorphism and shock metamorphism, for example. Plate tectonics is described, as is the formation of mountains. Gneiss, slate, fulgurite, quartzite, marble, schist, and hornfels are investigated as well as their practical uses. Readers learn about foliated and nonfoliated...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1680482432
• ISBN13: 9781680482430
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Rosen Education Service
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.0" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4