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What determines how large the crystals in an igneous rock will be

How fast the magma or lava cooled.

How fast the rock cooled

What igneous rocks form on or very near Earth's surface

extrusive

Small intrusions parallel to existing rock

Sills

What is the general term for igneous intrusions

plutons

What determines how large the crystals and an igneous rock Will be

how fast the rock cooled

Remains or traces of organisms preserved in a rock are called what

fossils

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