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The rock melts, just like most other solids do when heated. Magma is to rock as water is to ice.
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When a rock is heated it melts to form a liquid called what?
hot liquid that forms when rock melts is MAGMA
Magma forms when rocks begin to melt?
Yes. Magma is underground molten rock.
What are the steps needed to form metamorphic rock from magma?
Metamorphic rock is not formed directly from magma. Igneous rock is formed from the solidification of magma and lava.
Does sedimentary rock form from the cooling of magma?
No. Igneous rock forms from the cooling of magma.
What forms when rock melts?
magma
In what order does magma become a rock?
Magma forms from heated rock--it cools--minerals form--when totally solidified it is a rock.
Under what conditions does magma form?
Magma forms where rock is heated to a temperature above its eutectic melting point.
When a rock is heated it melts to form a liquid called what?
hot liquid that forms when rock melts is MAGMA
Magma forms when rocks begin to melt?
Yes. Magma is underground molten rock.
What type of rock forms at the boundary of magma and rock?
Contact metamorphic rock forms at such boundaries, as the minerals in the rock change due to the increase in temperature or the influx of heated fluids.
What is the water for geothermal power plants heated by?
Magma-heated rock.
What kind of rock forms from magma?
igneous rock
What are the steps needed to form metamorphic rock from magma?
Metamorphic rock is not formed directly from magma. Igneous rock is formed from the solidification of magma and lava.
Does sedimentary rock form from the cooling of magma?
No. Igneous rock forms from the cooling of magma.
Which type of rock forms from magma?
magma is a mixture of several different types of rock.
What forms when rock melts?
magma
Groundwater heated by a nearby body of magma can spray from the ground under preasure forms what?
A geyser may form from ground water heated by magma.
