VoIcano's Gift -

Igneous Rocks
VoIcano's Gift -
Igneous Rocks
By: Aoi and Tommy By: Aoi and Tommy
at is a gneous Rock?
is one of te 3 main types of rock ( gneous,
sedimentary and metamorpic)
2 types of gneous Rock - intrusive - extrusive
Pumice
ntrusive and Extrusive
ntrusive rock found in Plutons and Dikes ( big
piles of molten rock)
ntrusive rocks ave more crystallization and is
eavier tan Extrusive
ntrusive rocks cool down slower
Extrusive rocks are found around volcanoes
Extrusive rock are usually ligter and ave air
bubbles
Extrusive rocks cools down faster
ow gneous Rocks Are Formed
magma rises cools down
ardens into a rock!!
wen magma rises to te Earts
surface, it is called lava
magma is formed by te tree types
of rocks going so deep into te eart
tey melt into magma, wic
eventually becomes igneous rocks
Properties Of gneous Rocks
t is ligt (extrusive)
Can be eavy (intrusive)
it as air bubbles( extrusive)
usually found big
all volcano rock is igneous
rocks created from magma and lava are igneous
gneous rocks are judged by te size, te minerals on
tem,teir color and texture
most common rock on Eart
diamonds and platinum are found in tem
ranite
is a ntrusive gneous rock
is ard
is pink, black, and green speckled rock
contain quartz, feldspar and mica
ranite
Obsidian
is Extrusive gneous rock
is dark black
as smoot surface
is glassy
called "Natures lass
Obsidian
Pumice
dark black
roug surface
full of oles
ligt rock
Pumice
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Test Your Knowledge
Q:at is a gneous rock made out of?
A:lava and magma
Q:at are te differences between Extrusive
rocks and te ntrusive rock?
A;ntrusive- eavy as crystalization
Extrusive- ligt as air bubbles
Test Your Knowledge
Q:at type of gneous rock is
Pumice?
A:Extrusive,gneous rock
Q:Out of 3 types of rocks,wic one is
most common?
A:gneous rocks