Identify the series of geologic processes that can transform sediment into shale, shale into slate, and slate into magma.

Cooling; melting; heat and pressure
Compacting and cementing; heat and pressure; melting
Melting; heat and pressure; cooling
Weathering and erosion; compacting and cementing; cooling

Compacting and cementing; heat and pressure; cooling

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The correct answer is Compacting and cementing; heat and pressure; cooling.