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When melted rock reaches Earth's surface, it is called lava. Lava can flow out of volcanoes during an eruption, cooling and solidifying to form igneous rock.

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What is the melted rock magma called when it reaches the earths surface?

LAva


What is melted rock that reaches Earths surface and forms extrusive and igneous rock when it cools?

a Obsidion rock


What igneous rock is melted rock that reaches earths surface and forms extrusive igneous rock when it cools?

a Obsidion rock


How does melted rock reaches earth's surface?

From holes in the ground that push up the melted rock


What do you call an opening in the Earth's crust where melted rock reaches the surface?

An opening in the Earth's crust where melted rock reaches the surface is called a volcano.


What type of igneous rock formed when melted rock reaches earths surface?

When melted rock reaches Earth's surface, it cools quickly and solidifies to form an extrusive igneous rock. This rapid cooling prevents large mineral crystals from forming, resulting in a fine-grained texture. Common examples include basalt and rhyolite.


What is melted rock on the earths is called?

Lava....when its under the earths crust its called magma.


What is the melted rock called that flows in the earths mantel?

magma


How can volcanoes cause melted rock?

Volcanoes do not cause rocks to melt, they are just the exit where melted rock come to the earths surface.


Hot melted rock that reaches the surface of the Earth is called what?

If it reaches the surface, it is magma or lava. If it merely intrudes into rocks already formed, it is intrusive. Such as sills and dikes.


What is Hot melted rock found below earths crust?

the batcave


What is an opening in earths crust through which gases and melted rock pass?

volcano