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Your Name Earth Science P.# Date Notes: Igneous Rocks Hot molten rock – inside the Earth = magma - outside the Earth = lava Igneous Rx (rocks) are formed.

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1 Your Name Earth Science P.# Date Notes: Igneous Rocks Hot molten rock – inside the Earth = magma - outside the Earth = lava Igneous Rx (rocks) are formed by the cooling of magma or lava

2 *Intrusive  coarse-grained  large crystals  cools slowly Granite is most common -The Idaho Batholith is made of Granite Gabbro

3 *Extrusive  fine-grained  small crystals  cools quickly Basalt is most common - Snake River Plain is made of basalt (picture near Twin Falls) Rhyolite

4 Silica makes thicker (viscous) magma that usually cools below surface. Silica rich magma that does make it to the surface is very explosive.

5 see your book page 119 - Do not copy down chart


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