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Molten rocks that cool at the earths surface are known as?
Lava.
The study of earths surface?
The study of Earth's surface landforms is known as geomorphology.
What is another word for lava rock?
Magma or lavaLava is molten rock. Magma is a mixture of molten rock and solids.
Is gabbro made from lava or magma?
Intrusive igneous rocks are made from magma. Magma that is extruded onto the Earth's surface is known as lava and forms extrusive igneous rocks.
What do you call it when rocks are liquified then hardens into solid rock?
This is known as igneous petrogenesis.The liquification process is known as melting (or partial melting as commonly not all mantle material melts at the same temperature). This material is then normally either erupted onto the Earth's surface forming extrusive igneous rocks or intruded into the earth's crust froming intrusive igneous rocks when it cools. Together they can be thought of as the formational process that igenous rocks undergo which is known as igneous petrogenesis.
Molten rocks that cool at the earths surface are known as?
Lava.
What is the surface layer of the earths surface is known as the?
The "crust" or biosphere
What 2 types of rock are most common beneath the earths crust?
Metamorphic and igneous rocks are the two most common under the surface of earth.
What is the earth point on earths surface directly of the surface of the earthquake?
This is known as the epicentre.
What is the study of the earths surface called?
The study of Earth's surface landforms is known as geomorphology.
What is the magma when it reaches the earths surface?
Magma that reaches the Earth's surface is known as lava.
The study of earths surface?
The study of Earth's surface landforms is known as geomorphology.
The name given to a portion of the earths surface is known as?
toponym.
What igneous rock is formed in the earth?
Igneous rock formed in the earths crust is known as intrusive rock. The magma that forms it cools slowly and therefore, creates rock with large crystals. An example of an intrusive igneous rock is granite.
What is the magma that reaches the earth's surface?
Magma that reaches the surface is referred to as lava.magma that has reached the earth's surface tends to cool faster, that is why the rock will have more holes in it than a rock that has not reached the earth's surface. magma that has cooled enough to become a rock is known as a igneous rock. but there are two types of igneous rock. ther is intrusive igneous and extrusive igneous. intrusive is when the magma has cooled on the inside. this rock will have large crystals because it has cooled slower and most likely it will have a fine grained texture. extrusive igneous is when magma has reached earths surface (thats when it becomes lava) and has cooled. these rock with either have very small microscopic crystals or no crystals at all because the lava cools so quickly that they do not have enough time to really form.
What is the point on earths surface where seismic waves are first felt?
This is known as the epicentre.
What is the name of the type of volcanic rock formed below the surface of a volcano?
They are called Plutons, or plutonic igneous rocks, and are known as intrusive igneous rocks also.
