Question

Select all that apply. Basalt: is found on the surface, forms below the Earth's crust, is a dark lava rock, has more aluminum than magnesium, contains granite, is found as prominent buttes

Answer 1

The answers are:

- is found on the surface
- is a dark lava rock
- has more aluminum than magnesium
- is found as prominent buttes

Basalt is an igneous rock that forms with fast cooling on the surface.
Basalt is a dark fine-grained volcanic rock.
Aluminum can be up to 17% of the composition of the basalt, while magnesium up to 15%.
Basalt is found as buttes where lava flows from the volcanoes were intense.