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Igneous rocks do form on the earths surface. A volcano erupts and the lava that comes out cools and hardens forming igneous rocks.

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Which type of rock can form below Earth's surface or below Earth's surface?

Igneous rock can form deep below the surface as intrusive igneous rock, or on or near the surface as extrusive igneous rock. X Answer is: Igneous


Which type of rock can form deep below Earth's surface or above Earth's surface?

Igneous rock can form deep below the surface as intrusive igneous rock, or on or near the surface as extrusive igneous rock. X Answer is: Igneous


Which type of rock can form deep below surface or above earths surface?

Igneous rock can form deep below the surface as intrusive igneous rock, or on or near the surface as extrusive igneous rock. X Answer is: Igneous


What did igneous rock begin as?

Igneous rock typically begins as magma, which is molten rock located beneath Earth's surface. This magma can solidify underground to form intrusive igneous rock or erupt onto the surface as lava and cool to form extrusive igneous rock.


What do igneous rocks for from?

Igneous rocks form when molten rock (magma) reaches the Earth's surface and cools. It then becomes an igneous rock


What do igneous rocks do?

Igneous rocks form when molten rock (magma) reaches the Earth's surface and cools. It then becomes an igneous rock


Which two types of rock can form on the Earth's surface?

Some types of igneous and sedimentary rocks can form on Earth's surface.


What is igneous rocks that form from magma that reaches the surface of the earth?

Extrusive Igneous Rock.


What igneous rock would form from magma if it did not reach the surface but instead crystallized?

Intrusive igneous rock would form. Granite is an example. If the same magma that formed the granite had reached the surface through volcanic eruption, the extrusive igneous rock rhyolite would form.


What type of igneous rock forms form lava or magma that erupts onto the earths surface?

extrusive igneous rock


What do you need for an igneous rock to form?

An igneous rock forms when molten rock cools and solidifies. This can happen beneath the Earth's surface (intrusive) or at the surface (extrusive). The key factors for igneous rock formation are heat, pressure, and time.


What type of rock can form deep Earth's surface or above Earth's surface?

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