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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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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.


What forms in earths crust when molten material reaches the surface?

When molten material reaches the surface of the Earth, it can solidify into different forms depending on the speed of cooling. If it cools quickly, it forms extrusive igneous rocks like basalt. If it cools slowly underground, it forms intrusive igneous rocks like granite.


When melted rock cools it forms?

When melted rock cools, it forms igneous rock. The process of cooling allows the molten rock, also known as magma or lava, to solidify and form crystals. Igneous rocks can have different textures and compositions depending on how quickly or slowly the rock cools.


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.


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.


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 type of rocks form when magma cools below earths surface?

Intrusive igneous rocks.


Intrusive igneous rock is cooled and solidified above ground?

False. Intrusive igneous rock forms underground when magma cools and solidifies slowly. Extrusive igneous rock forms when magma erupts onto the Earth's surface and cools quickly.


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 formed when a magma chamber cools slowly and hardens underground?

When a magma chamber cools slowly and hardens underground, it forms an intrusive igneous rock body like a pluton or a batholith. These rocks are characterized by large crystals due to the slow cooling process. Examples include granite, diorite, and gabbro.


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