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How can you tell if it is an igneous rock?
It will be in a volcanic or sediment rock.
Which rock category includes types of volcanic rock?
Igneous rock.
Is volcanic rock heavy?
Not necessarily. It canbe as heavy as ordinary rock, or much ligher. The lightest rock on earth, pumice, is a volcanic rock. It is light enough to float in water.
Why is basalt a common igneous rock?
because it is a volcanic rock
Is volcanic rock the same as Metamorphic rock?
No. Volcanic rock (or igneous rock) is formed when lava cools. A metamorphic rock is formed when a rock changes because of tremendous heat and pressure underneath the earth to become a new type of rock.
What is a very heavy hard rock found near volcanoes?
Volcanic Rock
What is a glassy rock?
Obsidian is a naturally occurring volcanic form of glass.
Is tuff the same as hard?
No. Tough can mean hard, but it can also mean strong. Tuff is a kind of volcanic rock.
Is pumice a volcanic rock?
Yes,it is a volcanic rock.
Can you make fire with volcanic rock?
No. Volcanic rock is not flammable.
Why would you find a volcanic rock on a volcanic island?
Volcanic islands are formed by volcanoes and are therefore composed of volcanic rock.
Volcanic rock a compound or nonmetallic?
Niether. Volcanic rock is a mixture.
What type of rock is hard rock?
It is just the hard sort. Most hard rock was constructed by slow solidification of magma but some metamorphosed sedimentary and igneous rocks can also be considered to be 'hard rock'. And most igneous rocks except volcanic ejecta are hard. But to a geologist a hard rock usually means a slowly solidified magma in which minerals had time enough to form visible crystals.
What is a rock that starts with a k?
Kimberlite is a volcanic rock. Kenyte is a volcanic rock found on Mount Kenya.
What rock group would a volcanic rock be associated with?
Volcanic rocks are considered igneous.
Is volcanic rock obsidian?
No. Obsidian is just one of many types of volcanic rock.
Is volcanic eruption part of the rock cycle?
is a volcanic eruption part of the rock cycle
