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IT IS CALLED INTRUSIVE (PLUTONIC) ROCKS WHICH ARE BELOW THE SURFACE. iT IS WHEN MAGMA COOLS AND SOLIDIFIES WITHIN THE EARTH.
They are called intrusive igneous rocks or plutonic rocks/plutons.
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When melted rock cools or hardens on or under earths surface it forms what kind of rock?
It forms an igneous rock. If it is within the Earth, then it is an intrusive igneous rock (e.g. granite) and if it is erupted onto Earth's surface then it is an extrusive igneous rock (e.g. basalt).
What type of igneous rock hardens under the surface?
The type of igneous rock that hardens under the earths surface is called the Intrusive Igneous Rock. Intrusive Igneous Rocks are of two main types, Hypabasal and Plutonic. The plutonic forms at deeper depths.
What kind of rock forms when hot molten rock cools deep under the surface of the earth?
These are igneous rocks.
What kind of igneous rock forms when lava cools at earths surface?
Such rock is extrusive igneous rock.
What is the general term given to igneous rock that cools on the surface?
Lava is the general term for igneous rock that forms on the surface. Extrusive igneous rock is the more technical term.
When melted rock cools or hardens on or under earth's surface it forms what rock?
Igneous rock. Extrusive igneous rock forms at or near the surface, intrusive igneous rock forms below the surface.
When melted rock cools or hardens on it under earths surface it forms rock?
Igneous rock. Extrusive igneous rock forms at or near the surface, intrusive igneous rock forms below the surface.
Which igneous rock forms under the surface?
Intrusive igneous rock forms from the cooling of magma below the surface. Granite, for example.
When melted rock cools or hardens on or under earths surface it forms what kind of rock?
It forms an igneous rock. If it is within the Earth, then it is an intrusive igneous rock (e.g. granite) and if it is erupted onto Earth's surface then it is an extrusive igneous rock (e.g. basalt).
What type of igneous rock hardens under the surface?
The type of igneous rock that hardens under the earths surface is called the Intrusive Igneous Rock. Intrusive Igneous Rocks are of two main types, Hypabasal and Plutonic. The plutonic forms at deeper depths.
What is an igneous rock that forms at the surface?
Igneous rock formed at or near the surface is referred to as extrusive igneous rock, such as basalt and obsidian.
What is igneous rock that forms beneath the Earth's surface?
Intrusive igneous rock.
What igneous rock forms from below the Earth's surface?
intrusive igneous rock
What kind of rock forms when hot molten rock cools deep under the surface of the earth?
These are igneous rocks.
What type of igneous rock forms beneath Earths surface?
Igneous rock that forms within the Earth is intrusive.
Igneous rock that forms from loave on the Earth's Surface is called?
Extrusive igneous rock
What is an Intrusive Igneous Rock?
Igneous rock that forms beneath Earth's surface is called
