What are the primary types of metamorphic settings

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1. How have you used Earth science in your life so far without knowing it?

2. What processes are involved when rock is transformed from one type to another? Specifically, how could an igneous rock become sedimentary? Metamorphic?

3. How are clastic sedimentary rocks different in appearance from chemical sedimentary rocks? How might you recognize each?

4. What are the primary types of metamorphic settings, and what tectonic or Earth processes are responsible in each?

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