The phrase that best describes foliated rocks is "tend to split apart along bands." Foliated rocks, such as schist andgneiss, exhibit a layering or banding due to the alignment of mineral grains under pressure, which allows them to split along these planes.
Which phrase describes foliated rocks?
tend to break in half
grains arranged randomly
tend to split apart along bands
grains arranged in increasing size
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