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What type of rock is formed by magma that cools deep below earths crust?
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Igneous rocks are formed from cooled magma of lava, sedimentary rocks by sediment under pressure, and mettamorphic from any rock that undergoes much heat and/or pressure.
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What is igneous rock formed in the Earth's crust?
Igneous rock formed in the earths crust is known as intrusive rock. The magma that forms it cools slowly and therefore, creates rock with large crystals. An example of an intrusive igneous rock is granite.
What forms in earths crust when molten material reaches the surface?
crystals form when lava reaches the surface and cools
Where is each type of igneous rock formed?
The Extrusive igneous rock is formed on the earths surface while the Intrusive igneous rock is formed within or inside the earths crust.
How is convection on the earth's crust formed?
Do you mean under the Earth's crust or above it? If you mean under it: The heat under the Earth's crust rises and falls as it heats and cools. Above the crust, the sun heats the earth, heat rises, cools, falls back down. Hope that helps.
What is botholith?
a batholith is described as a mass of rock formed when a large body of magms cools inside the crust
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.
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 formed through the uplift under the earths crust?
crust
What is igneous rock formed in the Earth's crust?
Igneous rock formed in the earths crust is known as intrusive rock. The magma that forms it cools slowly and therefore, creates rock with large crystals. An example of an intrusive igneous rock is granite.
What pulls the earths crust?
The earths crust is moved rather than pulled by things called convection currents. This is when heated rock from the earths core rises up and reaches the crust where it cools. It then sinks down again and carries on in a circle which moves the crust
What formed when lava cools and crystallizes on top of oceanic crust?
it becomes part of the oceanic crust
Which of earths layers is formed by volcanic activity?
Crust
What is the mass of a rock formed when magma cools inside the crust?
Basalt
Does the earths crust extend deeper below the continents or below the ocean basins?
Earths crust extend deeper below the continents than below the oceans basins (or at least this is what I think).
What is formed when plates within the earths crust bend and crack Earth's crust?
Faults
What igneous rock is formed in the earth?
Igneous rock formed in the earths crust is known as intrusive rock. The magma that forms it cools slowly and therefore, creates rock with large crystals. An example of an intrusive igneous rock is granite.
Which of these is formed when plates of earths crust bend and crack?
a fault
