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When magma cools and crystallize below earths surface the igneous rock formed are called?
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Igneous rocks that form when magma cools on Earths's surface are called what igneous rocks?
Extrusive igneous rocks.
What kind of igneous rocks for on earths surface?
Some do. These are called extrusive igneous rocks. However a large portion of igneous rocks form beneath the surface. These are intrusive igneous rocks.
How and where are igneous rocks formed?
Igneous rocks are formed on and below the surface of the Earth when lava or magma cools enough to crystallize.
What are extrusive and intrusive igneous rock?
Extrusive rocks are formed outside of earths surface. Intrusive rocks are formed inside earths surface.
What is the melted rock which flows out of the earths surface is called?
Magma, or pyroclastic flow.
What igneous rocks form below Earths surface?
Igneous rocks that form below the Earth's surface are called intrusive igneous rocks. They crystallize when magma enters an underground chamber and cools very slowly.
What are igneous rocks formed at the earths surface called?
Extrusive igneous rocks.
Igneous rocks that form when magma cools on Earths's surface are called what igneous rocks?
Extrusive igneous rocks.
Igneous rock that forms when magma hardens beneath earths surface is called?
Intrusive igneous rock
When magma comes up to earths surface and hardens what is it called?
It is called igneous rock.
When rock that forms when magma hardens beneath earths surface is called an?
Intrusive igneous rock
What Igneous rock at the earths surface that is weathered and wears away is called?
Its sediment
What is the kind of igneous rock that forms below earths surface called?
Intrusive igneous rock (plutonic rock).
How and where are igneous rocks formed?
Igneous rocks are formed on and below the surface of the Earth when lava or magma cools enough to crystallize.
What kind of igneous rocks for on earths surface?
Some do. These are called extrusive igneous rocks. However a large portion of igneous rocks form beneath the surface. These are intrusive igneous rocks.
What is it called when magma slowly cools far beneath the earths surface?
An igneous intrusion.
What are rocks that form when magma hardens beneath earths surface called?
intrusive igneous rock
