Igneous Rock

Extrusive rocks that form quickly above the Earths surface have

• small crystals
• large crystals
• small and large crystals
• no crystals

Igneous rock that forms when magma hardens beneath Earth's surface

• intrusive Rock
• compaction
• Chemical Rock
• Clastic Rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A slow cooling igneous rock will have _____ crystals

• large
• small
• average
• black

Extrusive forms _________crystals

• small
• large

The process by which igneous rocks are formed...

• heat and pressure deep underneath earth's surface
• melting and cooling of magma
• compaction and cementation of sediments

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Two ways to describe igneous rocks are _____

• Intrusive and Extrusive
• Gray and White
• Foliated and Non-Foliated
• Clastic and Biochemical

This rock was found near the mouth of a volcano. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary
• Igneous
• Metamorphic

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Igneous means "_____________" 

• sediment
• litification
• fire form

How do extrusive igneous rocks form?

• from lava that erupted onto Earth's surface

• from magma that hardened beneath Earth's surface

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

How do intrusive igneous rocks form?

• from lava that erupted onto Earth's surface

• from magma that hardened beneath Earth's surface