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igneous rock is formed when lava cools down

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What does igneous rock made of?

Igneous rocks are formed when lava cools. After a eruption, the lava cools, and the igneous rock is formed.


What happened to lava when it cools?

Extrusive igneous rock is formed from the crystallization of minerals as the lava cools.


What types of rock does lava formed?

When lava cools it forms extrusive igneous rock.


What is a type of rock formed when lava or magma cools?

the type of rock formed when lava or magma cools is igneous rock..


What kind of rock is formed when magma or lava cools and hardens?

Igneous rock is formed.


Lava cools down and accumulates into rock as it reaches Earth's surface?

Lava cools down and accumulates into rock as it reaches Earth's surface


What is formed by cooled magma cooling?

it is lava and when lava cools it forms igneous rock


What is the order of how igneous rocks are formed?

Igneous rock is formed when lava or magma cools.


Type of rocked formed when lave or magma cools?

A rock that is formed when magma cools is called a igneous rock.


What igneous rock are formed when lava cools at earth's surface?

Basalt is the igneous rock formed when lava cools at the Earth's surface. It is fine-grained and commonly found in ocean basins.


What rock is porous and lightweightna formed when lava cools quickly?

Pumice.


How is ignius rock formed?

it is formed either underground or above ground. it is formed underground when hot magma is trapped and cools slowly, when it has cooled down it has then become igneous rock but on top of the ground the lava cools much quicker then what it does below the ground