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What makes volcanic rocks light and porous?
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Are river rocks porous?
No. It is a fine grained extrusive volcanic rock that is light in color. It is usually not porous.
Which rodents live in the porous volcanic rocks?
Chincillas
How can there be a rock that floats and what are three ways that this rock can be formed?
Very porous rocks such as pumice can be very light and have the potential to float on water. Pumice is a volcanic rock.
What are the rocks that have pores?
Porous rocks.
What rocks are porous?
These are some porous rocks: chalk, limestone, sandstone, pumice, scoria.
Can metamorphic rocks float?
The extrusive volcanic rock pumice can float on water. Other extrusive volcanic rocks are not so lucky.
Definition of a porous rock?
Porous rocks are like sandy soil and water seeps through these rocks.
What does a porous rock mean?
porous rocks are rocks through which water etc. can seep or pass through.
Are volcanic rocks igneous rocks?
Yes. Volcanic rocks are extrusive igneous rocks.
What type of rock has holes in it?
Volcanic rocks with gas bubbles are called vesicular. This, however, is a descriptive term rather than an actual rock types. Some vesicular volcanic rocks include pumice, scoria, and vesicular basalt.
Light-colored igneous rocks with a lower density than basaltic rocks?
Felsic rocks.
