Question

Granite takes much longer to form than basalt. How will the size of the crystals in granite be different from the size of the crystals in basalt?

Answer 1

Answer:

The size of the crystals in granite will be different from the size of the crystals in basalt depending on how they are formed and how they are cooled which determines the nature of the crystals they produce. Granite takes a much longer time to form than basalt because granite takes a very long time to cool down since it is intrusive giving minerals to be well-formed and producing a bigger size of crystals with individual mineral grains that are can be seen without the need for bigger magnification. While basalt crystals are much smaller as the crystals form very quickly because the magma comes out of the earth and cools quickly giving rise to fine-grained minerals.

Explanation:

Granite and basalt are both igneous rocks.

Granite takes a longer time to cool as it hardens under the earth's surface causing the delay in cooling while basalt takes a shorter time to cool as it hardens above the earth's surface.