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Lava does not burn rock because rock is not flammable.
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A rock made from cooled magma or lava?
Igneous rock is formed from solidified and cooled magma or lava.
Is metamorphic rock a cooled lava?
No. Cooled lava would be igneous.
A rock that forms from cooling lava is classified as an?
An extrusive igneous rock.
When metamorphic rock melts turns into?
Metamorphic rock that melts turns to magma. This only becomes lava if it is erupted to the surface in a volcano.
What is hard volcanic rock?
magma or lava.
What can't burn?
Lava is molten rock. Rock is not flammable.
What can't lava burn?
One material lava can't melt is stainless steel.
How come lava doesn't burn Igneous rocks?
Ignoues rock is not flammable, therefore it does not burn. In order to melt the igneous rock, the lava must transfer an enormous amount of heat to it. However, lava will quickly lose heat to its surroundings and will generally cool before it can do this.
Is lava hot enough to burn through rocks?
Lava is molten rock and could melt through thin layers of rock if given enough time before cooling.
Does sedimentary rock form when lava cools quickly?
No igneous rock does. A hint for remembering that is igneous sounds like ignite which means to burn.
Is lava NOT considered to be a rock?
Lava is a molten rock from a volcano, and is rock.
Is the lava a rock?
Lava is molten rock on earth's surface.
Why does lava change in to igneous rock?
Lava hardens, and the lava is turned into obsidian, or ignoeus rock.
When a volcanoes lava washes into the ocean what rock does it form?
lava rock
How is a rock from cooling lava classified?
a rock from cooling lava is called a extrusive igneous rock
Is there lava in lava lamps?
No there is NOT real lava in lava lamps. If there was real lava in lava lamps, it would burn, it just oil and water.
What type of rock contains lava or magma?
The type of rock that contains lava or magma is an igneous rock.
