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Earth cooled sufficiently.
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What happen 800 million years after Earth formed to allowed rocks to form?
Earth cooled sufficiently
What are igneous rocks that form on earth surface?
igneous rocks that form on earth's surface
What rocks originate from the surface of the earth?
Sedimentary rocks form on the Earth's crust, and can form metamorphic rocks when buried. Igneous rocks form under the surface, or when liquid magma reaches the surface as lava.
Are intrusive rocks formed at Earth's surface?
No. Intrusive rocks form when liquid magma "squirts" into the crust and hardens. Igneous rocks that form at the earth's surface are called extrusive rocks.
Which igneous rocks form below earth's surface?
Intrusive igneous rocks form from cooled magma below Earth's surface.
Why have paleontologist not found any rock from the earliest years of earth existence?
It was to hot for rocks to form
Where does extrusive rocks form?
At the Earth surface.
What type of rock can only form on or near earths surface?
Sedimentary rocks are the type of rocks that can only form on or very near Earth's surface. Sedimentary rocks form from weathering processes that occur on Earth's surface.
How does the Earth build up?
rocks connect together to form earth
How are moon rocks similar to and different rocks on earth?
Minerals that make up moon rocks are the same minerals that are found on Earth. Some moon rocks have minerals that combine to form kinds of rocks that are not found on Earth. BlueStar(:
Why is there no rock evidence from the first 800 million years of Earth's existence?
Earth was too hot to have solid rocks at that time.
Contrast the ways in which extrusive and intrusive rocks are formed?
Intrusive rocks form within the crust of the Earth while extrusive rocks form on the surface.
