Extrusive igneous rock such as basalt forms when lava cools at the earth's surface.
Lava cools down and accumulates into rock as it reaches Earth's surface
it would be lava , magma is in the ground and flows on earths surface and cools to lava
The center of the earth is the hottest, and the crust is the furthest away from that heat.
Lava cools down and accumulates into rock as it reaches Earth's surface
It forms new islands
Extrusive
When lava suddenly cools on Earth's surface. .
when the hot lava cools deep inside the earth, it is called intrusive igneous rocks. when the hot lava cools on the surface of the earth, it is called extrusive igneous rocks.
It cools and forms new land.
Lava is magma that has reached the surface of the earth in an eruption. When this cools down, it will form igneous rocks.
Extrusive igneous rock is formed from the crystallization of minerals as the lava cools.