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What is made of molten lava?

Igneous Rocks?


What new thing are made at the mid-ocean ridge?

The ocean floor.


What is an ocean ridge made up of skeletal ramains of tiny sea animals?

What is an ocean ridge made up of skeletal remains of tiny sea animals


What part of the earth is compose of rocks and solids?

The crust and part of the mantle is made of rocks and solids. The other layers under the earth are mostly composed of molten lava or semi-molten rocks.


What layer of the Earth is made of solid rock and squish molten rock?

the crust is made up of solid rock and mantle is made up of molten rocks


How would the age of the oldest rocks on the continents compare with the age of the oldest rocks on the seafloor if the rock on the continents is continually formed but not removed?

The oldest rocks on the continents would be much older than the rocks on the sea floor because the rocks on the continents are not being removed unlike the rocks on the sea floor that are made by the mid-ocean ridge are being removed by deep ocean trenches. this prossess that is occuring on the sea floor is called sea floor spreading. evidence of this is the Pacific ocean shrinking and the Atlantic ocean growing.


Where are the youngest rocks found on the seafloor?

The youngest rocks on the seafloor can be found along mid-ocean ridges where new oceanic crust is formed through volcanic activity. These rocks are continuously created as magma from the Earth's mantle solidifies upon contact with seawater.


What is the substance made up of molten rocks gasses and minerals that reaches the earth surface called?

The substance made up of molten rocks, gases, and minerals that reaches earth's surface [note correct spelling] is called "lava".


What layer of earth is made up of hot molten rocks?

The outer core is the only molten layer of the Earth. == ==


Is vindhyan system made of igneous rocks?

No, the Vindhyan system is primarily made up of sedimentary rocks. Igneous rocks, which are formed from the cooling of molten lava or magma, are not a dominant component of the Vindhyan system.


What are some landforms that are constructive and destructive?

Destructive:SlumpsCreepsMudslidesConstructive:Mid-Ocean ridgeIslands made of Molten Lava


What sort of rocks can igneous rocks make?

Igneous rocks can be transformed not made but i think you are asking what types of rocks are igneous rocks well any rock that had once been lava/molten is an igneous rock and lava/molten comes from volcano.You might want to search on Google-types of igneous rocks or how can igneous rocks be transformed. From Ayushi:)