What are the types of rock? Find out how igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks are formed in a Bitesize KS2 Science Explainer.

Metamorphic,” McKinnon writes. “Metamorphic rocks are altered by immense temperature, pressure, or both. Their fabric and texture changes and can keep changing.

Ambrose et al. attempt to trace this sequence of events by mapping the evolution of the sole’s texture, the arrangement and orientation of a rock’s component minerals.