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Rocks Rock! Part 2 Rocks and Minerals

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Rocks Rock! Part 2
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	edHelper's suggested reading level:	grades 7 to 8
	Flesch-Kincaid grade level:	6.88

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challenging words:

gneiss, nonfoliated, metamorphism, renewal, regional, igneous, mineral-rich, heated, metamorphic, sedimentary, originally, collide, presence, granite, gain, magma

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Rocks Rock! Part 2 By Brenda B. Covert

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¹     You are familiar with the metamorphosis of butterflies, the cycle that goes from egg to caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly. You know that butterflies are metamorphic, but did you know that rocks are metamorphic as well? It's true!
 
²     You read about igneous and sedimentary rocks in Part 1. They are related to the third type of rock. In certain circumstances, igneous and sedimentary rocks become metamorphic rocks, the third type of rock found on Earth.
 
³     Metamorphism occurs within the Earth's interior rather than on the surface. Most metamorphism takes place 6 to 19 miles below the Earth's surface. That means we don't see metamorphic rock nearly as often as the igneous (from lava or magma) or sedimentary (layers of pressed sediment) types of rocks.

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