Question

please check my answer ....plz...

the question is:

how is the size of the minerals grains affected by the rate at which molten rock materials cools?
and i think the answer is :

the bigger the grains the faster it cools.

Answer 1

The bigger the grains the faster it cools is right.. Good job!

Answer 2

thanks

Answer 3

i m comfused....

is it the bigger the grain the faster it cools or the bigger the grain the slower it cools.

Answer 4

Bigger the grain the faster it cools.. so if you had a 10 ounce piece of grain, and a 5 ounce piece of grain, the 10 ounce piece of grain would cool faster.

Answer 5

ok...thanks misty!!!!!

Answer 6

No problem!

Answer 7

Nope, wrong.
http://library.thinkquest.org/20035/newpage8.htm

The slower the lava cools, the bigger the crystal rocks.
Fast cooling leads to smaller rocks.