Which is the most likely place a metamorphic rock might form? on the slopes of an active volcano on the ocean floor eight kilometers below earth's surface two hundred kilometers below earth's surface?

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13 December, 00:22

Which is the most likely place a metamorphic rock might form? on the slopes of an active volcano on the ocean floor eight kilometers below earth's surface two hundred kilometers below earth's surface?

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Daugherty · Answer 1

Metamorphic rocks will likely form at deep locations, where one type of rock will change into another. At choice (c), 8 km below the surface of the earth, rocks will undergo heat and pressure changes to where they will become other types of rock.