Learn about how volcanoes are formed and the ways they erupt Chiara Maria Petrone, Roberto Scandone, and Alex Whittaker On ...

The viscous magma of felsic rocks is difficult to flow. Does silica raise the crystallization point of magma? Different minerals crystallize at different temperatures in igneous rocks. If there is a ...

Magma and crystals are both denser than each other. What happens when magma or lava crystallizes? It is formed by cooling and crystallizing magma that has been melted in volcanoes, or from the melted ...

Igneous rocks are formed from cooling magma deep in Earth's crust or mantle. This cooling magma crystalizes to form rocks like the granite in your house. A rock that cools within Earth's crust ...

Find out how magma has created igneous rock features with this BBC Bitesize Scotland article for P5, P6, P7 - Second Level CfE ...

Igneous rocks are formed when magma cools and turns into a rock. This cooling can either be intrusive, where the magma pool gradually cools and the magma solidifies into an igneous rock.

Microbes have been discovered alive inside 2-billion-year-old rock, offering a rare window into Earth’s deep past. Found in ...

Our planet has been asteroid-smashed, melted and eroded, enough that most of its original armor has been long buried. Except ...

The name igneous comes from the word ignis, which means "fire" in Latin. Pumice is an example of extrusive igneous rock. The word extrusive means that the magma was forced onto the earth's surface ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected]. Why don’t rocks burn? – Luke, age 4, New Market, ...