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Intrusive rocks are formed from magma below the surface; extrusive rocks are formed from magma on the surface of Earth.

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Rocks created when melted rocks from inside earth cools?

igneous intrusive


What term describes igneous rocks that crystallize inside the Earth?

Intrusive igneous rocks.


Are intrusive igneous rocks heavy or light?

Intrusive rocks are light.


Can rocks both have igneous and intrusive?

Rocks can be classified as either igneous or intrusive, but not both. Igneous rocks are formed from the cooling and solidification of magma (molten rock) above or below the Earth's surface. Intrusive rocks specifically form from magma that cools and solidifies underground, beneath the Earth's surface.


What Igneous rocks are cooled within the Earth?

Intrusive igneous rocks.


Are granite rocks igneous rocks?

Yes. More exactly, intrusive igneous rocks.


Which igneous rocks form below earth's surface?

Igneous rocks that form below the Earth's surface are called intrusive igneous rocks. Examples include granite, diorite, and gabbro. These rocks cool and solidify slowly, allowing large crystals to form.


What is the difference between an intrusive and an extrusive igneous rocks?

"intrusive" means forced into something, "extrusive" means forced out onto the surface. The igneous magma reaching the surface is therefore extrusive , producing extrusive igneous rocks, and all the rest of the magma is intrusive, producing intrusive igneous rocks.


What are igneous rocks that form over the surface?

Rhyolititcen rocks.


What do you call igneous rocks that have crystallized inside the Earth?

GranitesDioritesGabbrosPegmatitesDykesSillsLayered Igneous intrusions


Igneous rocks that form when lava cools under the crust?

Intrusive igneous rocks do this.


What is an intrusive rock is?

Sedimentary rocks are not intrusive. Igneous rocks are though. See the link below.