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Igneous rocks are formed on and below the surface of the Earth when lava or magma cools enough to crystallize.

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Igneous rocks are formed in volcanos. They form from the molten lava when it hardens and the ash from the volcano.

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It's when magma from under or above the earths surface,(lava or magma), cools and turns solid.

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What does magma have to do with igneous rocks?

Igneous rocks are formed by cooling magma.


Where would igneous rocks be at?

Igneous Rocks - Rocks formed by crystallization from a melt (magma)


What is the term for rock formed from magma or lava?

Intrusive igneous rocks are thusly formed.


Igneous rocks formed from lava on Earth's surface?

Extrusive igneous rocks.


Igneous rocks form by what?

Igneous rocks are formed as the result of cooling magmas.


Are igneous rocks formed by pressing layers of rocks together?

No. Igneous rock is formed from cooling lava or magma.


What do you call rocks that have been formed from the hot molten material within the earth's crust that has cooled and hardened?

Igneous rocks are formed by the solidification of molten materials.


What are igneous rocks formed at the earths surface called?

Extrusive igneous rocks.


What groups of rocks can igneous rocks be formed from?

igneous rocks are formed by magma reaching earths surface and cooling quickly to form extrusive igneous rock.another igneous rock is called intrusive igneous rock. it is formed when magma cools and hardens below the surface.


How are igeneous rock formed?

Igneous rocks are formed by heat, pressure and cooling. They can be formed inside a volcano or outside a volcano. If they are formed outside the volcano the rocks are called extrusive igneous rocks, like basalt. If it is formed inside the volcano the rocks are called intrusive igneous rocks, like granite.


Are rocks formed from molten rocks are igneous rocks?

That is correct.


What are rocks called that formed from volcanic process?

Those would be igneous rocks. Extrusive igneous rocks.