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What type of rocks form when molten rock cools?

Igneous


How do new mineral grow within existing rocks?

Crystals usually form from molten rock as the molten rock gradually cools.


What Has two kinds of instrusive and extrusive?

Volcanic rocks have two types: intrusive rocks and extrusive rocks. Intrusive rocks, also known as plutonic rocks, form when molten magma cools and solidifies underground. Extrusive rocks, also called volcanic rocks, form when molten lava erupts onto the Earth's surface and cools quickly.


What do igneous rocks do?

Igneous rocks form when molten rock (magma) reaches the Earth's surface and cools. It then becomes an igneous rock


What do igneous rocks for from?

Igneous rocks form when molten rock (magma) reaches the Earth's surface and cools. It then becomes an igneous rock


What are molten rocks?

There are three types of rock - igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic. Igneous rocks formed directly from magma (molten rock flowing under ground) or lava (molten rock flowing above the crust). Granite is an example of what forms as magma cools slowly over a very long time, and obsidian forms when lava cools quickly, such as from contact with ocean water.


How does igneous rocks form?

Igneous rocks forms when molten rock cools&becomes solid. Igneous rocks that originally formed at great depths can reach Earth's surface over time. Deep rocks may be raised closer to the surface when mountains are pushed up.At the same time , other process can wear away the rocks that cover the deeper rocks


When molten rock cools and solidifies what rock is formed?

Magma that cools underground forms igneous rocks.* It is called "lava" when it reaches the surface, and may solidify into several forms of igneous rock, depending on the compounds found in the magma and how it cools.


What type of rocks form due to cooling?

The earth is composed of various types of rocks, some formed as a result of pressure while others due to cooling. Igneous rocks form when molten lava cools and solidify to form crystals.


Magma cools and solidifies to form what rocks?

igneous rocks


Intrusive igneous rocks form when hardens and cools beneath Earth and surface.?

The substance that cools beneath the earths surface when an intrusive igneous rock forms is Magma. Magma is a molten material made up of rocks and minerals.


Are sedimentary rocks made when molten lava cools?

No, sedimentary rocks are formed through the accumulation and compression of sediment (such as sand, mud, and organic material) over time. Lava cools and solidifies to form igneous rocks, not sedimentary rocks.