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They are insulated by the surrounding rock and are in close proximity or part of a hot, molten, or partially molten igneous intrusion.

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Q: Why do igneous rock that solidify underground cools so slowly?
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Does an Extrusive Rock cool slowly?

Cools quickly, relative to intrusive igneous rock which cools slowly underground.


When a igneous rock with large cystals cools what is it?

An intrusive igneous rock has larger crystals than an extrusive igneous rock because it has had a longer period of time to solidify underground.


When molten rock cools and solidifies what rock is formed?

Magma that cools underground forms igneous rocks.* It is called "lava" when it reaches the surface, and may solidify into several forms of igneous rock, depending on the compounds found in the magma and how it cools.


What igneous rock cools deep underground?

Plutonic igneous rocks.


When melted rock cools and hardens an intrusive igneous rock is formed?

when it cools undera lot of pressure underground it is an intrusive igneous. If it cools on the surface of the earth then it is an extrusive igneous.


What is a common igneous rock with coarse grains that forms when magma cools slowly underground it is extremely hard and durable good for building?

A Gabbro.


How igneous rocks formed underground?

Igneous rocks are formed underground from a very hot substance called magma. As magma cools and hardens under extreme pressure, it forms igneous rocks.


What is igneous rock that cools slowly beneath the ground?

Intrusive Igneous Rock.


What igneous rocks form below Earths surface?

Igneous rocks that form below the Earth's surface are called intrusive igneous rocks. They crystallize when magma enters an underground chamber and cools very slowly.


Where does in intrusive igneous rock form?

formed when molten rocks called magma becomes trapped in small pockets . As these pockets of magma cools slowly underground, the magma becomes igneous rocks


How is ignius rock formed?

it is formed either underground or above ground. it is formed underground when hot magma is trapped and cools slowly, when it has cooled down it has then become igneous rock but on top of the ground the lava cools much quicker then what it does below the ground


What rock formed when magma cools slowly?

Igneous Rock