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Is it true that the size of the igneous rock depends on how quickly or slowly the magma or lava cooled?
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Which igneous rock has larger crystal one that cooled slowly or one that cooled quickly?
i thing becaUSE THEY ARE COOLED
What type of rock that forms from magma or lava is rock?
Igneous rock is formed from the cooling of magma or lava.
Does the igneous rock created in the ice represent an intrusive or extrusive igneous rock?
Yes. It would be intrusive or extrusive depending on whether it cooled slowly--below the surface, or quickly--at or near the surface, from molten rock.
Do rocks that cool slowly from magma contain more crystals?
No. They would contain fewer, but larger mineral crystals when compared to igneous rocks which have cooled quickly from lava or magma.
Does Rhyolite cool quickly or slowly?
Rhyolite is an igneous rock that has formed from rapidly cooling lava or ash.
Which igneous rock has larger crystal one that cooled slowly or one that cooled quickly?
i thing becaUSE THEY ARE COOLED
What is the difference in appearance between igneous rocks that have cooled slowly and igneous rocks that have cooled quickly?
Igneous rocks that cooled slowly are intrusive. Igneous rocks that cooled quickly are extrusive. Intrusive rocks form larger crystals, because the crystals have a longer time to grow. Extrusive rocks have small to no crystals, because they had little or no time to grow/form.
What does crystal size mean?
In igneous rocks, large crystals mean that the rock cooled more slowly. Smaller crystals mean that the rock cooled more quickly.
What type of rock that forms from magma or lava is rock?
Igneous rock is formed from the cooling of magma or lava.
What feature in igneous rocks is the best indication of how rapidly the magma crystallized?
The size of the crystals. Large crystals mean the magma cooled slowly, small crystals are a sign that the magma was cooled quickly.
Do igneous rocks have large crystals?
Yes, they can. Extrusive igneous rocks, which form outside the Earth's surface, often contain small or no crystals, because they cool quickly and the particles in the lava do not have much time to arrange themselves. Intrusive rocks, which form inside the Earth, generally have large crystals because they cool slowly. Granite is an example of an igneous rock with large crystals.
What are the two main properties of igneous rock?
There are lots, but they get sorted into 2 categories, volcanic and plutonic. Volcanic are rocks that cooled on/near the surface (quickly), and plutons are rocks that cooled deep below the surface (slowly).
What do the large crystals in this igneous rock tell about the rock?
That it cooled very slowly.
What do the large crystals in igneous rocks tell about the rock?
That it cooled very slowly.
Does the igneous rock created in the ice represent an intrusive or extrusive igneous rock?
Yes. It would be intrusive or extrusive depending on whether it cooled slowly--below the surface, or quickly--at or near the surface, from molten rock.
Do rocks that cool slowly from magma contain more crystals?
No. They would contain fewer, but larger mineral crystals when compared to igneous rocks which have cooled quickly from lava or magma.
What is magma called when cooled slowly?
It will convert from magma to some form of intrusive igneous rock.
