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What is made of molten lava?
Igneous Rocks?
What new thing are made at the mid-ocean ridge?
The ocean floor.
What part of the earth is compose of rocks and solids?
The crust and part of the mantle is made of rocks and solids. The other layers under the earth are mostly composed of molten lava or semi-molten rocks.
Where are the youngest rocks found on the seafloor?
Near fault lines, it is there that rocks are created by the rubbing or colliding of the tectonic plates. Rocks could also be made by volcanoes via the cooling of magma and lava. The closer to the fault line you are the newer the rock and the farther away you get the older the rock becomes.
What are lava rocks made of?
Lava rocks are made of basalt, which is made from andesite and dacite. Basalt will come in a wide variety of textures as well as colors.
What layer of the Earth is made of solid rock and squish molten rock?
the crust is made up of solid rock and mantle is made up of molten rocks
What is an ocean ridge made up of skeletal ramains of tiny sea animals?
What is an ocean ridge made up of skeletal remains of tiny sea animals
Can molten rock be made into a sculpture?
No. Molten rock is liquid and is too hot to be handled. However, igneous rocks, which form from molten rock that has cooled, can be carved into sculptures.
How would the age of the oldest rocks on the continents compare with the age of the oldest rocks on the seafloor if the rock on the continents is continually formed but not removed?
The oldest rocks on the continents would be much older than the rocks on the sea floor because the rocks on the continents are not being removed unlike the rocks on the sea floor that are made by the mid-ocean ridge are being removed by deep ocean trenches. this prossess that is occuring on the sea floor is called sea floor spreading. evidence of this is the Pacific ocean shrinking and the Atlantic ocean growing.
Where are the three types of rocks found?
Sedimentary rocks are found generally at the bottom of an ocean as this is where eroded material falls. Igneous rocks are found near volcanoes as they are molten rock. Metamorphic rock can be found anywhere, as it is formed in the ground and slowly comes up to the surface (but it is made of igneous or sedimentary rocks.)
The mid ocean ridge is made up of the mid Atlantic ridge the eas pacific rise and the mid Indian ridge?
True!
What is the substance made up of molten rocks gasses and minerals that reaches the earth surface called?
The substance made up of molten rocks, gases, and minerals that reaches earth's surface [note correct spelling] is called "lava".
