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Aim: How are igneous rocks formed?

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1 Aim: How are igneous rocks formed?
Do Now: Take out new section of notes and label it rocks.

2 Igneous Rocks

3 Rocks that form when natural, molten (liquid)
rock-forming material cools into a solid

4 Liquid rock BENEATH Earth’s surface
is called magma

5 When magma comes out onto or above Earth’s surface it becomes LAVA

6 When magma solidifies beneath Earth’s solid
surface the rocks are called INTRUSIVE

7 When lava solidifies on or above Earth’s
solid surface the resulting rock is EXTRUSIVE

8 Formation All igneous rocks are a result of the solidification of magma or lava. Solidification can also be known as CRYSTALLIZATION

9 Crystal Size

10 Texture Glassy, Fine, Coarse, Very Coarse Non-vesicular vs Vesicular

11 Mineral Composition


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