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What is the diffidence between an igneous rock and sedimentary rock?
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An igneous rock is formed when molten rock solidifies.
A sedimentary rock is formed when per-existing rocks are broken down by chemical and mechanical weathering and the debris is deposited and squashed together to solidify.
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What is an igneous intrusion between two sedimentary rock layers?
A laccolith is an igneous formation between two sedimentary layers
What is the difference between basaltic and frantic igneous rock?
There sedimentary igneous and metemorphic
Is the difference between metamorphic rock igneous rock and sedimentary rock?
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What is granite in sedimentary form?
No, it's not a sedimentary rock, it is an igneous rock. :)
What is the difference between igneous and sedimentary rocks?
Igneous rock is formed from the solidification of magma or lava. Sedimentary rock is formed from the lithification of sediments, generally.
Why does the igneous rock turn into a sedimentary rock?
becuase the igneous rock cools dowwn and turn into sedimentary rock
What is the process sedimentary to igneous?
In order to get an igneous rock from a sedimentary rock, the sedimentary rock must be melted and then that melt must crystallize.
Is a sedimentary rock an igneous rock?
No. Igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks are three different categories of rock.
What can transform igneous rock into sedimentary rock?
Igneous rock can become sedimentary if it is weathered into sediment and then lithified.
How does a Sedimentary rock to an igneous rock?
The sedimentary rocks would have to melt and cool again to make an igneous rock.
What in no more than three sentences can you explain the rock cycle?
Igneous rock can change into sedimentary rock or into metamorphic rock. Sedimentary rock can change into metamorphic rock or into igneous rock. Metamorphic rock can change into igneous or sedimentary rock.
Is limestone a igneous rock?
Limestone is a sedimentary rock.
