Gneiss forms at a higher grade of metamophic slate. Slate forms at low metamorphic conditions just about a few temperature and pressure.
From the prolith materials exposed to metamorphic conditions, transformations begins as metamorphic changes begins to take place. First, a sediment is transformed into slate, from slate to phyllite, from phyllite to schist, schist to gneiss, gneiss to migmatite and migmatite goes back to melt. These transformation of sediments is controlled by the nature of the prolith materials and the prevailing metamorphic conditions.
Telescopes on Earth and in orbit around Earth provide scientists with information about our solar system. That information is used to plan where spacecraft fly and where they “point their cameras.” NASA and other agencies send robotic spacecraft to fly by, orbit, or land on other planets and moons.
The second law of thermodynamics is a statement of the law of conservation of energy say that heat cannot be completely converted into mechanical energy