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What are facts about igneous?
.The oldest rock known today is the Igneous rock. .Igneous rock can be any colour..The word "Igneous" is a Greek word that means fire. Igneous rocks are formed by the cooling of molten rock, lava or magma. When magma solidifies in the earth they are intrusive, when lava cools outside the earth it is extrusive.
What famous igneous rock has the face of 4 of of are greatest leaders?
mount Rushmore
Which characteristic is common to extrusive igneous rocks?
Igneous rock usually appears with a well mixed texture without fossils, bands or layers, may contain vesicles (air bubbles or holes from trapped gases) and does not react with dilute acid.Igneous rocks can:Be glassy or frothy in appearance.Be felsic, intermediate, mafic, or ultramafic in nature.Be porous or full of bubbles.Have large crystal structure like granites.Have small crystal structure like basalts.Have a combination of large and small interlocked crystals.Be more dense than other rock types.Have an interlocking crystalline structure.Appear to be peppered with black specks.Be light enough to float (pumice).Igneous rocks run the gamut from white to black, glassy to coarse-grained.
What are the parent rocks of the metamorphic rock?
1. Marble ----- Limestone or dolostone 2. Gneiss ----- Granite or schist 3. Quartzite --- Sandstone 4. Schist ----- phyllite
Name three exsmples of igneous rocks?
Igneous Rocks - Rocks formed by crystallization from a melt (magma) types are: # Extrusive (volcanic) - produced when magma flows on the earth's surface # Intrusive (plutonic) - produced when magma solidifies at depth beneath the earth. eg.s are: 1)pumice. 2)Laccolith 3)Batholith 4)Dike 5)Sill
What are facts about igneous?
.The oldest rock known today is the Igneous rock. .Igneous rock can be any colour..The word "Igneous" is a Greek word that means fire. Igneous rocks are formed by the cooling of molten rock, lava or magma. When magma solidifies in the earth they are intrusive, when lava cools outside the earth it is extrusive.
What kind of rocks make up make up of the igneous rock Where can you find such rocks?
Igneous is derived from the Latin word for fire (ignis), which is very appropriate since igneous rock can be created by volcanic action. It is the oldest form of rock and can be found where ever the earth's crust has been opened by volcanoes or earthquakes, allowing molten rock to seep to the surface. (Think: Islands!) Four types of igneous rock exist: 1. Obsidian: extrusive (forced to the surface) igneous rock that is actually glass and not minerals. Sharp edges, smooth surface. 2. Pumice: another extrusive igneous rock but, unlike obsidian, this volcanic rock was pitted by millions of tiny air bubbles. It, too, is glass and not minerals... and it can float! 3. Granite: very hard igneous rock formed deep within the earth and composed of feldspar and quartz. This is intrusive igneous rock because it is formed below the surface of the earth. 4. Scoria: extrusive, glass, with a pitted surface much like pumice. Scoria is more dense and has a darker color with much larger pits.
What famous igneous rock has the face of 4 of of are greatest leaders?
mount Rushmore
Which characteristic is common to extrusive igneous rocks?
Igneous rock usually appears with a well mixed texture without fossils, bands or layers, may contain vesicles (air bubbles or holes from trapped gases) and does not react with dilute acid.Igneous rocks can:Be glassy or frothy in appearance.Be felsic, intermediate, mafic, or ultramafic in nature.Be porous or full of bubbles.Have large crystal structure like granites.Have small crystal structure like basalts.Have a combination of large and small interlocked crystals.Be more dense than other rock types.Have an interlocking crystalline structure.Appear to be peppered with black specks.Be light enough to float (pumice).Igneous rocks run the gamut from white to black, glassy to coarse-grained.
When was igneous rock first seen on Earth's surface?
Over 4 billion years ago.
What are the three types of rock and their formation?
there are 4 bill bob and jerry and the one in abi's head she likes to call a brain Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic.
Does the rock cycle have a starting point and ending point?
Only in that igneous rock was the first to form on Earth, over 4 billion years ago.
Which would mostly likely occur during the formation of igneous rock?
The basic processes involves in igneous rock formation are; 1. Melting (Magma, formation of molten substance). 2. Volcanicity (Eruption, movement of magma). 3. Cooling (Change in temperature). 4. Crystallization (Mineralization, formation of crystals and minerals). 5. Solidification (Consolidation into a solid mass to form igneous rock).
What are the parent rocks of the metamorphic rock?
1. Marble ----- Limestone or dolostone 2. Gneiss ----- Granite or schist 3. Quartzite --- Sandstone 4. Schist ----- phyllite
Name three exsmples of igneous rocks?
Igneous Rocks - Rocks formed by crystallization from a melt (magma) types are: # Extrusive (volcanic) - produced when magma flows on the earth's surface # Intrusive (plutonic) - produced when magma solidifies at depth beneath the earth. eg.s are: 1)pumice. 2)Laccolith 3)Batholith 4)Dike 5)Sill
What exactly is the rock cycle?
1)igneous rock 2)weathering/erosion 3)sediments 4)compact/cementation 5)sedimentary rock 6)heat and pressure 7)metamorphic rock 8)melting 9)magma 10)cooling then the cycle starts all over
Name 4 processes that change rock inside the earth?
Extreme heat, extreme pressure (both for metamorphic), cooling of magma (intrusive igneous rock), and melting of rock (magma that can then become igneous, and further down the "rock cycle road", metamorphic)
