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Igneous Rock is formed when magma cools and hardens. It depends on whether it cools above ground or under ground for the size of the mineral crystals forming inside it.

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What rocks form when magma cools and hardens?

Igneous rock is what forms when magma cools and hardens.


Rocks forms when magma or lava cools and hardens?

Igneous rock.


What does magma become when it cools and hardens?

rock


When magma cools and hardens it becomes?

when magma cools slowly it becomes extrusive igneous rock


Which type of rock does magma form when it hardens?

Magma forms igneous rock when it cools and hardens. Igneous rocks can be further classified as intrusive (formed below the surface) or extrusive (formed on the surface).


What is the process in which magma cools and hardens into rock?

crystalization


What does magma turn in to when it cools and hardens?

Igneous rock.


Rock that are produced when magma or lava cools and hardens are called?

Rocks that are produced when magma or lava cools and hardens are called Igneous rocks.


What type of rock is formed after magma or lava cools and hardens?

the name of the type of Rock it forms is igneous rock. it is made in lots of ways and can be made into other rocks like granite and sandstone.


What type of rock formed after magma or lava cooland harden?

Igneous rock forms after magma or lava cools and hardens. Examples include basalt, granite, and obsidian.


What is 2 ocean plates pull apart a gap is left that is filled with magma the magma cools and hardens?

divergent boundaries and forms a igneous rock


What hardens and cools beneath earth's surface when an intrusive igneous rock forms?

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.