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Q: Earth's plates move very slowly across earth's surface on a thin layer of partly melted?
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What is the melted rock magma called when it reaches the earths surface?

LAva


The ways Which extrusive and intrusive igneous rocks are formed?

extrusive- when melted rock material coools on earths surface instursive-when the melt cools below earths surface


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What is the name of opening in the earths crust where hot melted rocks from inside the earth come to the surface?

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What is the melted rock which flows out of the earths surface is called?

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What is melted rock on the earths is called?

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What refers to rocks that are produced when melted rock or magma from inside Earths cools or hardens on or below Earths surface?

i think the answer your looking for is igneous rock.....that is the type of rock you get after megma cools.....