chemistry

Hey there!!I am Thomas and today I will shoe you about igneous
rocks!!
So what are igneous rocks?

gneous rocks (from the Latin word for fire) form when hot, molten
rock crystallizes and solidifies. The melt originates deep within the
Earth near active plate boundaries or hot spots, then rises toward the
surface. Igneous rocks are divided into two groups, intrusive or
extrusive, depending upon where the molten rock solidifies.

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 So What are Intrusive rocks?

• Intrusive rock is formed when magma penetrates existing rock, crystallizes, and solidifies
underground to form intrusions, such as batholiths, dikes, sills, laccoliths, and volcanic necks.
Intrusion is one of the two ways igneous rock can form. The other is extrusion, such as a
volcanic eruption or similar event. An intrusion is anybody of intrusive igneous rock, formed
from magma that cools and solidifies within the crust of the planet. In contrast, an extrusion
consists of extrusive rock, formed above the surface of the crust.

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 What do they look like?

• Well igneous rocks are porous and looks a little something like these

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 So how many igeneous rock types are there?

There are over 700 types of

igneous rocks, and I will show you
some of them

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 What are extrusive
rocks then?
• Extrusive, or volcanic, igneous rock is produced when
magma exits and cools above (or very near) the Earth's
surface. These are the rocks that form at erupting
volcanoes and oozing fissures. The magma, called lava
 when molten rock erupts on the surface, cools and
solidifies almost instantly when it is exposed to the
relatively cool temperature of the atmosphere. Quick
cooling means that mineral crystals don't have much
time to grow, so these rocks have a very fine-grained or
even glassy texture. Hot gas bubbles are often trapped in
the quenched lava, forming a bubbly, vesicular texture.

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