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Is metamorphic rock a cooled lava?

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No. Cooled lava would be igneous.

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Is lava a metamorphic rock?

no lava is a liquid that when cooled forms extrusive igneous rock Metamorphic rock is something that has been "metamorphosed" usually by being shoved down into the high temperatures and pressures inside the earth by tectonic plate movement. Sandstone (soft) can become granite (hard) in this way.


Is cooled lava considered a rock?

Yes. Cooled lava is extrusive igneous rock.


A rock made from cooled magma or lava?

Igneous rock is formed from solidified and cooled magma or lava.


What rock is lava?

metamorphic


What is cooled lava call?

Cooled lava is called a igneous rock once it has completely cooled and hardened. Some people just call it lava rock.


What type of rock do all rocks start as?

they r pressed together from smaller particles


What is A rock that was once melted and then cooled and hardened?

Metamorphic 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 chemical reacts to metamorphic rock?

lava


What is the major difference between igneous and metamorphic rocks?

igneous rocks started as melted lava and cooled to be rocks. Metamorphic rock started as a sedimentary rock, and was heated up and put under pressure to create the metamorphic rock. Classic example - igneous = obsidian. Metamorphic = marble (marble is limestone that's been heated and squeezed a lot).


How can a metamorphic rock turn into sedimentary rock and then back to metamorphic?

metamorphic rock melts turns into lava,lava cools turns into igneous rock,igneous rock is weathered and eroded into sediment,sediment turns into sedimentary rocksedimentary rock gets heated and squeezed forms metamorphic rockcycle continues.......


How does the metamorphic rock change into a igneous rock?

metamorphic rock melts into magma and volcano erupts. lava hardens and cools