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Does a igneous rock forms from lava?
Yes, an igneous rock forms when lava is cooled. It is called an extrusive igneous rock (because lava is extruded onto the surface of the earth). A magma pool that did not erupt as lava can cool to become an intrusive rock.
What does hardened lava become?
Extrusive igneous rock.
When lava cools does it become sedimentary rock?
No. It becomes igneous rock.
How can lava flow from a volcano and become part of the rock cycle and eventually become a flow of lava again?
The lava is melted rock called magma when it is underground, then it is exposed and is then called lava. The volcano erupts, and it hardens into igneous rock. If the igneous rock heats up again, it is lava once more!
How can a metomorphic rock become an igneous rock?
Metamorphic rocks underground melt to become magma. When a volcano erupts, magma flows out of it. As the lava cools it hardens and becomes igneous rock.
How would a metamorphic rock become an igneous rock?
by the lava melting the rock and cooling then peaces of rocks and sediments are pushed together to form an igneous rock
What is a rock that forms when melted form cools and hardens?
igneous
A rock made from cooled magma or lava?
Igneous rock is formed from solidified and cooled magma or lava.
What rock does lava form?
The igneous rock forms from lava because when a volcano erupts the lava that flows from a volcano. Igneous rocks have a hot liquid in the beginning. The lava that flows forms into an igneous rock fast. When the lava reaches the surface, it cools rapidly and turns into igneous rock.
What does igneous rock made of?
Igneous rocks are formed when lava cools. After a eruption, the lava cools, and the igneous rock is formed.
What is the term for rock formed from magma or lava?
Intrusive igneous rocks are thusly formed.
Is lava a sedimentary rock or igneous?
The common usage of "lava rock" in the USA refers to a black rock with a number of visible bubbles or air pockets that is formed from cooled lava on the surface. Although lava rock is an igneous rock, it is not the same as the definition for the word igneous, which can also include igneous rocks which have solidified from magma below the surface.
