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'Magma' is melted rock occurring under the Earth's surface. When it comes up and flows out on the Earth's surface it is called 'lava'.
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Melted rock below earths surface?
Magma is the geological term for melted or molten rock below the earth's surface. Once the magma has reached the surface it is called lava.
What refers to rocks that are produced when melted rock or magma from inside Earths cools or hardens on or below Earths surface?
i think the answer your looking for is igneous rock.....that is the type of rock you get after megma cools.....
When melted rock cools or hardens in or under earth surface it forms to what?
it forms to a mineral
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.
Is the inner part of the earths crust hot melted rock?
Well, the earth's crust is like hot rock, but not melted.
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.
What term refers to rocks that are produced when melted rock from inside Earth cools and hardens on or under Earths surface?
Endoplasmic
What is the melted rock magma called when it reaches the earths surface?
LAva
Melted rock below earths surface?
Magma is the geological term for melted or molten rock below the earth's surface. Once the magma has reached the surface it is called lava.
What is melted rock that reaches Earths surface and forms extrusive and igneous rock when it cools?
a Obsidion rock
How can volcanoes cause melted rock?
Volcanoes do not cause rocks to melt, they are just the exit where melted rock come to the earths surface.
What is melted rock on the earths is called?
Lava....when its under the earths crust its called magma.
What igneous rock is melted rock that reaches earths surface and forms extrusive igneous rock when it cools?
a Obsidion rock
What type of igneous rock formed when melted rock reaches earths surface?
Lava, granite, etc
What is the melted rock which flows out of the earths surface is called?
Magma, or pyroclastic flow.
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).
The ways Which extrusive and intrusive igneous rocks are formed?
extrusive- when melted rock material coools on earths surface instursive-when the melt cools below earths surface
