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The same way any solid forms from a liquid - the liquid magma cools off and becomes solid. This usually happens when the magma comes to the cooler surface of the earth as lava, but it can occur very slowly inside of the earth as the magma gradually cools.
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What type of rocks form when molten rocks cool and solidify?
Igneous Rock
How do igneous rocks form?
Igneous rock forms from the cooling of molten material called magma or lava.
Where does in intrusive igneous rock form?
formed when molten rocks called magma becomes trapped in small pockets . As these pockets of magma cools slowly underground, the magma becomes igneous rocks
What are melted rocks that cool and harden called?
Molten rock is magma. It is called lava once it has cooled and hardened.
What rock families can form magma if hot enough?
All the three existing rock families/types/classes (ie, igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks) can form magma, if they become hot enough to melt and change to molten form.
What type of rocks form when molten rocks cool and solidify?
Igneous Rock
Is molten rock another word for magma?
Yes, magma is another name for the molten rocks that are beneath or in the crust.
How is magma and igneous rocks related?
Magma is molten rock, and igneous rock is cooled magma.
Molten igneous rocks beneath the ground?
Magma
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 is a description of igneous rocks?
Igneous rocks are formed deep inside Earth's crust (intrusive rocks) or at the surface (extrusive rocks). As molten rock (known as magma) below the surface cools, the liquid material begins to solidify into minerals of differing sizes and compositions. Generally, the longer the cooling time, the larger the mineral crystals can grow.
Why does the magma have to be hot?
Magma is molten rock. Rocks have very high melting temperatures.
How do igneous rocks form?
Igneous rock forms from the cooling of molten material called magma or lava.
What are hot molten rocks from the interior of the earth called?
Magma.
Do rocks formed when molten harden?
When magma - molten rock - solidifies, it does form an igneous rock.
Rocks formed within the earth from molten magma are called igneous rocks?
yes
What meterial do ingneous rocks form from?
The material that igneous rocks form from are molten magma.
