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What type of work rocks are formed by the solidification of the hot and molten matter?
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volcanic rocks
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What common rock is formed from the solidification of molten material?
porous rocks called igneous rocks
What Rock formed by the crystallization of magma?
Extrusive igneous rock is formed from the solidification of lava.Intrusive igneous rock is formed from the solidification of magma.
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 does igneous means?
Produced under conditions involving intense heat, igneous rock is rock formed by solidification from a molten state, especially from molten magma. an igneous rock is a lava rock that has cooled!
How were rocks formed on the moon?
A few billion years ago, when the Moon was young and it was hotter than it is now, there was molten rock inside. This lead to the formation of igneous rocks on the surface.
What common rock is formed from the solidification of molten material?
porous rocks called igneous rocks
How are rocks and minerals formed?
Rocks are formed from the solidification of molten magma, from the erosion and consolidation of eroded rock, or from the sedimentation of organic matter. Rocks are composed of minerals. Minerals are combinations of elements and are formed in response to many factors which include temperature, pressure, and element availability.
To what type of rock can all rock be traced?
The first rocks were igneous, formed from the solidification of magma on the once molten Earth.
Are all igneous rocks formed inside the earth?
Igneous rock can form inside the Earth or on its surface, from the solidification of molten rock.
What Rock formed by the crystallization of magma?
Extrusive igneous rock is formed from the solidification of lava.Intrusive igneous rock is formed from the solidification of magma.
How do igneous rocks form?
Igneous rock forms from the cooling of molten material called magma or lava.
What combines minerals to form rocks?
It doesn't necessarily matter what the minerals are, as long as they form from cooling magma or lava. Igneous rocks are formed by the solidification of cooled magma (molten rock). They may form with or without crystallization, either below the surface as intrusive (plutonic) rocks or on the surface as extrusive (volcanic) rocks.
Which is the best explanation for the formation of igneous rock?
"Igneous rocks (etymology from Latin ignis, fire) are rocks formed by solidification of cooled magma (molten rock)" ~Wikipedia.comSee Related Links below.
What rocks are formed after lava dries out?
Igneous rocks are formed from the cooling and solidification of magma or lava.
What minerals combine to form igneous rock?
It doesn't necessarily matter what the minerals are, as long as they form from cooling magma or lava. Igneous rocks are formed by the solidification of cooled magma (molten rock). They may form with or without crystallization, either below the surface as intrusive (plutonic) rocks or on the surface as extrusive (volcanic) rocks.
What Rocks formed by molten material?
a molten rock
Which would most likely occur during the formation of igneous rocks?
solidification of molten materials
