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What term describes an igneous rock that forms quickly on earths surface from cooling lava?
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Extrusive.
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Which rock most probably formed directly from lava cooling quickly at earths surface?
Igneous.
What are two types igneous rocks?
Granite and basalt are the most common types of igneous rock. Igneous rock types, or classifications, also include those that are intrusive and extrusive. Intrusive igneous rock is formed from the solidification of slow cooling magma below the surface. Extrusive igneous rock is formed for the solidification of rapidly cooling lava at or near the surface.
What type of rock is formed from the quick cooling of lava on the earth's surface?
Extrusive Igneous rock.
Granite is what type of rock?
Granite is an intrusive felsic igneous rock, having formed under the surface by the slow cooling of magma which had intruded into the crust.
What type of rocks are formed through the process of heating and cooling beneath the earth's surface?
igneous rocks
Which rock most probably formed directly from lava cooling quickly at earths surface?
Igneous.
What groups of rocks can igneous rocks be formed from?
igneous rocks are formed by magma reaching earths surface and cooling quickly to form extrusive igneous rock.another igneous rock is called intrusive igneous rock. it is formed when magma cools and hardens below the surface.
Which igneous rock forms under the surface?
Intrusive igneous rock forms from the cooling of magma below the surface. Granite, for example.
What igneous rock formed from magma below earth's surface is called?
Igneous rock formed from cooling magma below the surface is called intrusive igneous rock.
Magma that cools slowly forms what kind of rock?
Intrusive igneous rocks are formed by slow cooling magma below the earth's surface. Extrusive igneous rock is formed by magma cooling quickly, at or near the surface.
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 rock formed from the cooling and solidification of magma beneath the surface of the earth?
Its a igneous rock whenit is made formed by magma.
What rock type is formed from the slow cooling of magma under the earths surface?
Magma cooling beneath the surface creates intrusive igneous rocks.
Is it true that extrusive rocks are formed if the solidification of magma occurs inside the earth?
No. Extrusive igneous rock is formed at or near the surface from rapid cooling. Intrusive igneous rock is formed below the surface from slow cooling of magma.
What type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface?
igneous rock
The formation of igneous rocks is powered by?
the cooling and solidification of molten magma or lava. This process occurs either underneath the Earth's surface, resulting in intrusive igneous rocks, or on the surface, leading to extrusive igneous rocks. The rate of cooling determines the texture and crystal size of the rock, with slower cooling allowing for larger crystals to form.
What does a fine-grass igneous rock forms?
A fine grained igneous rock forms from Lava that escapes from the earth crust to the surface and cools and solidifies rapidly.
