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Are sedimentary rocks made when molten lava cools?
No, sedimentary rocks are formed through the accumulation and compression of sediment (such as sand, mud, and organic material) over time. Lava cools and solidifies to form igneous rocks, not sedimentary rocks.
What happened to lava when it cools?
Extrusive igneous rock is formed from the crystallization of minerals as the lava cools.
How does sedimentary rock turn to lava?
Sedimentary rock does not directly turn into lava. Instead, when sedimentary rock is subjected to extreme heat and pressure, it can undergo metamorphism, potentially transforming into metamorphic rock. If this metamorphic rock is further subjected to even higher temperatures, it can melt and become magma. When magma erupts to the surface, it is called lava.
What causes lava to harden into rock?
It can become many different rocks and minerals depending on how fast it cools. The faster it cools; the harder and darker-colored the rock will be. The slower it cools the more soft and light-colored the rock will be.
When lava cools down does it turn into coal?
No, coal is not an igneous rock at all. Coal is made from sedimentary rock that is squeezed under the ground by great pressure.
Are sedimentary rocks made when molten lava cools?
No, sedimentary rocks are formed through the accumulation and compression of sediment (such as sand, mud, and organic material) over time. Lava cools and solidifies to form igneous rocks, not sedimentary rocks.
Is lava a sedimentary rock?
No, lava is not a sedimentary rock. Lava is molten rock that erupts onto Earth's surface from a volcano, and when it cools and solidifies, it forms an igneous rock called basalt or rhyolite. Sedimentary rocks are formed through the accumulation and consolidation of sediments, not from volcanic activity.
Why are fossils found mostly in a sedimentary rock?
Because when the lava killed the animals, their remains stayed in the lava and dried to become sedimentary rock.
How can a metomorphic rock become an igneous rock?
Metamorphic rocks underground melt to become magma. When a volcano erupts, magma flows out of it. As the lava cools it hardens and becomes igneous rock.
Does sedimentary rock form when lava cools quickly?
No igneous rock does. A hint for remembering that is igneous sounds like ignite which means to burn.
How can a metamorphic rock turn into sedimentary rock and then back to metamorphic?
metamorphic rock melts turns into lava,lava cools turns into igneous rock,igneous rock is weathered and eroded into sediment,sediment turns into sedimentary rocksedimentary rock gets heated and squeezed forms metamorphic rockcycle continues.......
What happened to lava when it cools?
Extrusive igneous rock is formed from the crystallization of minerals as the lava cools.
How does sedimentary rock turn to lava?
Sedimentary rock does not directly turn into lava. Instead, when sedimentary rock is subjected to extreme heat and pressure, it can undergo metamorphism, potentially transforming into metamorphic rock. If this metamorphic rock is further subjected to even higher temperatures, it can melt and become magma. When magma erupts to the surface, it is called lava.
What causes lava to harden into rock?
It can become many different rocks and minerals depending on how fast it cools. The faster it cools; the harder and darker-colored the rock will be. The slower it cools the more soft and light-colored the rock will be.
Is granite is a igneous sedimentary or metamorphic?
the granite melts into lava then cools becoming igneous. it erodes into sediment and then gets compressed into a sedimentary rock. the sedimentary rock becomes metamorphic with heat and pressure deep within Earth
How sediments can become igneous rock?
The sedimentary rock melts,which causes magma. When the magma cools it becomes an igneous rock.
Does lava turn into a rock when it cools?
Yes, when lava cools and solidifies, it forms igneous rock. The type of rock that forms depends on the chemical composition of the lava and the rate at which it cools.
