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Q: Which volcanic igneous rock forms when silica-rich lava cools and solidifies?
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When or igneous rocks formed?

When lava cools and solidifies.


This type of rock forms from molten rock that cools and solidifies?

Igneous rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Magma cools and solidifies to form what rocks?

igneous rocks


What breaks down igneous into sediments?

magma cools and solidifies.


What happened to lava when it cools?

Extrusive igneous rock is formed from the crystallization of minerals as the lava cools.


What igneous rock formed from lava have a fine?

Volcanic (Extrusive) igneous rock, which are formed by lava that comes out of the earths crust, then cools and solidifies rapidly on the earths surface due to exposure to the environmental atmosphere.


What type of rock forms when molten rock cools?

Rock that forms from molten rock that cools and solidifies is called igneous rock.


What type of rock is formed when molten rocks cools and solidifies?

Igneous rock


Igneous rocks are formed when magma does what?

The Igneous rock formed when magma cools are; 1. Extrusive (Volcanic) Igneous Rock; which are igneous rocks formed when magma cools outside the earths crust. The texture of of extrusive igneous rock is fine grained. 2. Intrusive (Plutonic) Igneous Rock; these are igneous rocks formed by gradual cooling of magma within the earths crust. The texture is coarse grained.


What is hypabyssal?

A hypabyssal igneous rock is formed in between the depth of intrusive (also called plutonic) rocks and extrusive (volcanic) rocks. They are formed when magma or lava cools down and solidifies.


What happens to the grain when igneous rock cools more quickly and solidifies?

it getys harder


How does volcanic rock form?

Volcanic rock forms by lava that has come from a volcano, cools and solidifies to form the rock.