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How does the shape surface area and volume affect how fast magma cools?
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∙ 6y ago
The shape affects the ratio of surface area to volume. The greater the surface are to volume ratio, the faster the magma will cool.
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What is the name of a magma cooled on the surface?
When magma cools on the surface it forms igneous rock.
Is lava magma when it cools down?
No. Lava is magma that has reached the surface.
Do Volcanic necks and dikes form when magma cools and hardens into rock after reaching the surface?
No, these features form when magma cools into rocks BEFORE reaching the surface.
What type of rock is formed after volcanic magma cools?
If the magma cools on the surface of the crust, it is called extrusive igneous rock
What is liquid rock that cools on or below the surface?
Magma.
How does andesitic rise to the surface?
magma rises and cools
What is the name of the rock that cools above surface?
magma
What cools quickly on the earth's surface?
it would be lava , magma is in the ground and flows on earths surface and cools to lava
How are landforms formed by rising magma?
the magma cools on the surface and eventually u get land
What is magma and what happens when it cools down underground?
There are two known processes by which magma ceases to exist: by volcanic eruption, or by crystallization within the crust or mantle to form a pluton. In both cases the bulk of the magma eventually cools and forms igneous rocks.
What does felsic magma make after its solid?
It will form granite if it cools underground and rhyolite if it cools at the surface.
When magma cools above the earth's surface it forms?
metamorphic rock
