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GIVE THREE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PLUTONIC ROCK AND VOLCANIC ROCK.

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Both are igneous rocks, but whereas volcanic rocks are formed from cooling lava on the surface, plutonic rocks are formed from cooling magma below the surface. So plutonic rock is an igneous intrusive rock, while volcanic rock is extrusive.
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