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What is the process of igneouse rock?

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How are igneouse rock formed?

when you apply heat and pressure to it


What are the 2 types of igneouse rock?

plutonic and volcanic


How are igneouse rock made form?

when you apply heat and pressure to it


Is coal a igneouse rock?

No. It is considered a sedimentary rock, except for the variety anthracite, which is considered a metamorphic rock.


How does erosion effect the rock cycle?

erosion can effect the rock cycle by turning igneouse and metamorphic rocks into sediments and eventualy turn into a sedimentary rock such as sandstone


What is the extrusive igneouse rock that floats?

"Pumice." It is light and porous (filled with air pockets), which makes it significantly less dense than the average rock.


What is fiery about igneouse rocks?

Nothing they do not burn. However igneous rock are those formed from molten rock so in the respect that a fire is hot, igneous rocks formed from hot magma.


Can a igneouse rock become a sedimentary rock?

It all depends on the cycle of how it works.. 1st it would need to cause sediments by weathering + erosion. 2nd It would also need compaction and cementation to cause pressure. 3rd you have a sedimentary rock!!


What are the features of intrusive igneouse rocks?

intrusive rocks have a finer texture and extrusive such as lava rock are more course. intrusive rocks are cooled within the earth and extrusive cooled outside the earth.


Where does molten rocks come from?

It comes from the melting of material within the Earth's mantle. Moltan Rock comes from the lava chambers, the temperature makes the bits of sedimaentary and igneouse rock wich is made into lava , all the time this takes place in the earths inner third the mantle.


The rock cycle is a WHAT and dynamic process?

The Rock cycle is a continuous and dynamic process


What process can change igneous rock into metamorphic rock?

The process is; heat, and pressure.