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Are rocks formed when magma erodes?
No, rocks are not formed when magma erodes. Rocks are typically formed when magma cools and solidifies underground or on the Earth's surface. Erosion is the wearing away of rocks and minerals by wind, water, or ice over time.
Magma is solid?
A natural hot melt composed of a solution of rock-forming materials, steam, and super-heated gases from which igneous rock results.
Is a mineral formed by cooling after a volcanic eruption?
yes they are but only because of metamorphosis and the reaction the mineral has. The mineral takes years maybe century's to cool down. it has a crystallized diamond shape and can be found in many shapes, and colors.
Only 10 elements compose the bulk of the rock-forming minerals in the continental crust Is this true or false?
False. The bulk of the rock-forming minerals in the continental crust are composed of a variety of elements, not just 10. The most common elements found in these minerals include oxygen, silicon, aluminum, iron, calcium, sodium, potassium, and magnesium.
What Magma and lava can both solidify to produce?
They are both the same thing, which is melted rock, which means they solidify to form rock. The only difference between magma and lava is that magma is underground, and lava is not.
The smallest group of rock forming minerals consists of silicates?
Rock-forming minerals 1. Silicates - are minerals which consist of silicon and oxygen with some metals or nonmetals. Some rocks which have these minerals are granite, sandstone, basalt, gneiss and quartzite. 2. Carbonates - are minerals which consist of carbon, oxygen and some other elements. Rocks in which these minerals are found include marble, limestone and dolomite. 3. Oxides - are minerals which consist of oxygen and some other elements. They are found in rocks such as sandstone and shale. Although there are about 3000 different minerals found on Earth, there are only very few of them which form rocks.
What occurs when the temperature on a rock is high enough to melt only some of the minerals in a rock?
they transform into magma
Only about 30 minerals are common in rocks What are they called?
The 30 common minerals found in rocks are known as rock-forming minerals. Some examples include quartz, feldspar, mica, and amphibole. These minerals make up the majority of the Earth's crust and are essential components of different types of rocks.
Are rocks formed when magma erodes?
No, rocks are not formed when magma erodes. Rocks are typically formed when magma cools and solidifies underground or on the Earth's surface. Erosion is the wearing away of rocks and minerals by wind, water, or ice over time.
Magma is solid?
A natural hot melt composed of a solution of rock-forming materials, steam, and super-heated gases from which igneous rock results.
Is a mineral formed by cooling after a volcanic eruption?
yes they are but only because of metamorphosis and the reaction the mineral has. The mineral takes years maybe century's to cool down. it has a crystallized diamond shape and can be found in many shapes, and colors.
Only 10 elements compose the bulk of the rock-forming minerals in the continental crust Is this true or false?
False. The bulk of the rock-forming minerals in the continental crust are composed of a variety of elements, not just 10. The most common elements found in these minerals include oxygen, silicon, aluminum, iron, calcium, sodium, potassium, and magnesium.
What Magma and lava can both solidify to produce?
They are both the same thing, which is melted rock, which means they solidify to form rock. The only difference between magma and lava is that magma is underground, and lava is not.
Explain why some minerals only occur in metamorphic rock?
When the rock was forming other minerals that were near the forming place of the metamorphic rock were mixed in after the pressure has been made on the metamorphic rock. I am a seventh grade teacher so I know the answer. We are going over this in class right now.
What happens when lava gets solid?
Lava is only actually called Lava when it comes out of the earth. Before that when it is inside the earth, it is refered to as Magma. So, when boiling hot Magma breaks through the earth it becomes Lava and cools forming a black, hard, rock-like substance. :)
Why is magma only made keep underground?
After magma reaches the surface it is no longer magma it is called lava.
Can a particle consist of only a single atom?
Yes, a particle can consist of only a single atom.
