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What kind of igneous rock forms when melted rock cools beneath the earth's surface?
Intrusive rock. The prefix in-helps to remember that it is made inside the earth.
What is the rock formed from the cooling and solidification of magma beneath the surface of the earth?
Its a igneous rock whenit is made formed by magma.
What is the molten rock found beneath the surface of the earth?
Molten rock beneath the earth's surface is called magma.
What is the crust of the earth's interior made of?
The Earth's crust is on the exterior, not the interior; that is why it is called the crust. It is on the outside. It is made mostly of rock, of various kinds. The rock of the crust is on average less dense than the rock of the mantle, which lies beneath the crust.
What processes might put younger rock beneath older rock?
the answer is cool
How can such heavy things as the continents float?
Continents float because the rock beneath them is denser then the surface rocks The surface rocks are poorer in iron than the deeper layers. The continents are made mostly of silica rich rock, which is less dense than oceanic crust, so when the two come in contact, the oceanic crust sinks beneath the continent.
A continuous layer of basaltic rock beneath both the continents and the oceans are?
The Crust of the Earth ?
Plates and continents are made mostly of?
rock
What is the layer beneath the lithosphere made of slowly moving rock in the mantle?
mesosphere
What is the name of the rock beneath the ocean called?
the rock beneath the ocean is basalt
What rock is continental plates made up of?
Continental Crust is the layer of rocks that forms the continents and continental shelves. It is mostly made of granite or granitic rock.
What melted rock beneath the earth is called?
Melted rock beneath the earth is called magma.
What kind of igneous rock forms when melted rock cools beneath the earth's surface?
Intrusive rock. The prefix in-helps to remember that it is made inside the earth.
What crustal rocks found beneath the continents?
continental crust
What is the rock formed from the cooling and solidification of magma beneath the surface of the earth?
Its a igneous rock whenit is made formed by magma.
Australia is the smallest of the continents and lies entirely beneath the?
Australia lies entirely beneath the equator, and within the southern hemisphere.
What is the molten rock found beneath the surface of the earth?
Molten rock beneath the earth's surface is called magma.
