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igneous rocks are formed by magma reaching earths surface and cooling quickly to form extrusive igneous rock.another igneous rock is called intrusive igneous rock.
it is formed when magma cools and hardens below the surface.
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What does magma have to do with igneous rocks?
Igneous rocks are formed by cooling magma.
What is the term for rock formed from magma or lava?
Intrusive igneous rocks are thusly formed.
What do you call rocks that have been formed from the hot molten material within the earth's crust that has cooled and hardened?
Igneous rocks are formed by the solidification of molten materials.
What are rocks called that formed from volcanic process?
Those would be igneous rocks. Extrusive igneous rocks.
Can igneous rock be formed above or below ground?
It is formed both- above ground (as extrusive igneous rocks) or below ground (as intrusive igneous rocks).
What does magma have to do with igneous rocks?
Igneous rocks are formed by cooling magma.
Where would igneous rocks be at?
Igneous Rocks - Rocks formed by crystallization from a melt (magma)
What is the term for rock formed from magma or lava?
Intrusive igneous rocks are thusly formed.
Igneous rocks formed from lava on Earth's surface?
Extrusive igneous rocks.
Igneous rocks form by what?
Igneous rocks are formed as the result of cooling magmas.
Are igneous rocks formed by pressing layers of rocks together?
No. Igneous rock is formed from cooling lava or magma.
What criterion is used to divide rocks into three groups?
The classification is based on the processes that formed the rock.
What do you call rocks that have been formed from the hot molten material within the earth's crust that has cooled and hardened?
Igneous rocks are formed by the solidification of molten materials.
What are igneous rocks formed at the earths surface called?
Extrusive igneous rocks.
How are igeneous rock formed?
Igneous rocks are formed by heat, pressure and cooling. They can be formed inside a volcano or outside a volcano. If they are formed outside the volcano the rocks are called extrusive igneous rocks, like basalt. If it is formed inside the volcano the rocks are called intrusive igneous rocks, like granite.
What 2 groups of rocks are formed from all 3 Sedimentary Igneous metamorphic?
clastics,organic,and chemicals rock.
What are the groups of rocks?
They are Sedimentary rocks, Igneous rocks, and Metamorphic rocks.
