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A pluton is a body of rock formed from the cooling of magma under the surface.

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Why would the crystals in a intrusive igneous rock be larger than the crystals in a chemical sedimentary rock?

Crystals tend to be large if they form slowly either from the melt or from solution. Intrusive igneous rocks are formed when magma forces its way between existing rocks and then gradually cools and sets. The surrounding rocks provide good insulation, so the magma cools very slowly, and big crystals, such as those in granite, are formed. Chemical sedimentation processes vary, but are usually more rapid than intrusive igneous cooling.


What does the flowchart show about were magma goes after it leaves the pipes?

The flowchart typically shows that after magma leaves the pipes, it can either erupt onto the Earth's surface as lava through a volcano or it can solidify underground to form intrusive igneous rocks like plutons or dikes.


What type of crystals is formed from slow cooling?

Crystals formed from slow cooling typically have larger crystal sizes due to more time for the atoms to arrange in an ordered structure. This results in minerals with well-defined crystal faces and clearer textures, as seen in intrusive igneous rocks like granite and gabbro.


Can magma melt?

No, magma is already in a molten state. It is a mixture of molten rock, gases, and solids that exists beneath the Earth's surface. Magma can solidify to form igneous rocks when it cools and crystallizes.


What makes bubbles form into rocks?

Bubbles in rock form when gas-rich magma cools and solidifies without the gas being able to escape. The trapped gas forms bubbles within the cooling rock, creating a porous texture. Over time, the solidified rock with bubbles can become a type of volcanic rock called vesicular basalt.

Related Questions

What rocks that form when magma cools underground?

granite is all that i know of.


Magma cools and solidifies to form what rocks?

igneous rocks


What type of rocks form when magma cools below earths surface?

Intrusive igneous rocks.


Why do rocks form?

Igneous rocks form because, magma cools under the ground, or magma erupts, then cools on the ground forming these rocks.


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


What is the molten material which form igneous rocks called?

The molten material that forms igneous rocks is called magma when it is beneath the Earth's surface and lava once it erupts onto the surface. As magma cools and solidifies, it crystallizes to form igneous rocks. These rocks can be classified into two main types: intrusive (or plutonic), which form from magma that cools slowly underground, and extrusive (or volcanic), which form from lava that cools quickly on the surface.


What rocks form when magma cools and hardens?

Igneous rock is what forms when magma cools and hardens.


What of rocks form when magma cools below earths surface?

Intrusive igneous rocks


How do igenous rocks form?

They form when magma or lava cools and solidifies.


How and where are igneous rocks formed?

Igneous rocks are formed when molten magma cools and solidifies either beneath the Earth's surface (intrusive) or on the surface (extrusive). Intrusive igneous rocks are formed from magma that cools slowly underground, while extrusive igneous rocks are formed from lava that cools quickly on the surface.


How do gabbro and basalt rocks form?

The magma cools and forms both rocks


What does felsic magma make after its solid?

It will form granite if it cools underground and rhyolite if it cools at the surface.