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How does cooling time of the magma affect the texture of the igneous rock that is formed?
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How does the rate of cooling affect the type of igneous rock formed?
The rate at which the rock cool from the liquid magma determines their texture
What do large crystal grains in an igneous rock indicate?
A vesicular igneous texture generally indicates rapid cooling.
What is the texture of an igneous rock when it was formed from cooling maga deep beneath the earth?
It is likely to have a coarse-grained texture.
What is the resulting texture of igneous rock that is formed from extremely rapid cooling lava in which no crystals form?
The texture would be glass-like.
Igneous rocks are formed when magma does what?
The Igneous rock formed when magma cools are; 1. Extrusive (Volcanic) Igneous Rock; which are igneous rocks formed when magma cools outside the earths crust. The texture of of extrusive igneous rock is fine grained. 2. Intrusive (Plutonic) Igneous Rock; these are igneous rocks formed by gradual cooling of magma within the earths crust. The texture is coarse grained.
An intrusive igneous rock will have what type of texture?
Intrusive igneous rock has a coarse, visible crystalline texture. Intrusive igneous rocks are formed from slow cooling of magma. The additional time spent in a liquid state allows for the creation of larger mineral crystals. An igneous rock with a coarse texture is said to be phaneritic.
How does Igneous Rocks are formed?
Igneous rock is formed through the cooling and solidification of magma or lava.
What does magma have to do with igneous rocks?
Igneous rocks are formed by cooling magma.
What is the rock formed from the cooling and solidification of magma beneath the surface of the earth?
Its a igneous rock whenit is made formed by magma.
What type of rock forms due to heating and cooling?
igneous rock is formed by heating and cooling.
What 2 igneous are formed by fast cooling lava?
Rock and igneous plants
Igneous rocks form by what?
Igneous rocks are formed as the result of cooling magmas.
