What meaning do the prefix meta- and the root word morph convey in the word metamorphic? The earth’s crust contains many types of metamorphic rocks, like marble and slate, formed as a result of great pressure and high temperatures deep beneath the earth’s surface.

A complex change from liquid to solid
A simple change in appearance
A complete change from the original
A dramatic change in texture

not concrete, existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence

in ray bradbury's short story "a sound of thunder", mr. eckels's fearfulness leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.

in the story, mr. eckels, who is a hunter, hires a time travel company to travel to the age of dinosaurs. although he is excited for the hunting expedition at the beginning, when they reach there and mr. eckels sees the tyrannosaurus, he feels frightened. as he is afraid of the tyrannosaurus, he steps off the path although he has been warned not to do it. by stepping off the path, the entire course of the future is affected: mr. eckart alters the future by stepping on a butterfly, which causes a new man to be elected president in the future. in that way, it is mr. eckart's fearfulness what triggers 'the butterfly effect' and what leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.

they should gives us more chances to make friend and do stupid things