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it is called magma.
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What is a geological event in which magma does not form lava?
When magma gathers and cools underground, it is called a plutonic event.
What is the hot liquid that forms when a rock partially or completely melts?
Liquid rock is called magma when it is underground and lava when it is above ground.
How are lava plateaus and dome mountains the same?
magma extrusions, lava plateau on surface, dome underground then eroded.
What metamorphic rock melts and turns into lava?
Any rock which melts becomes magma if it is underground, or lava if it emerges on to the surface.
Lava that forms smooth ropelike coils when it hardens is called?
Pahoehoe
What is lava called when underground?
magma
When mama emerges from underground is it called lava?
yes
When is molten rock called lava and when is it called magma?
Molten rock is called magma when it is underground and lava when it reaches the surface.
What are large underground lava deposits called?
magma chambers
What are melted rocks called when they come to the surface?
Lava. (When it is underground it is called magma)
What is melted volcanic rock called?
If it is underground it is magma, if it is on the surface it is lava
What is the difference between lava and molten rock?
Molten rock may exist either on the surface or underground. It is only considered lava when it is at the surface. Underground molten rock is called magma.
What is the definition of lava?
Molten rock from underground that has risen to the surface. If it is only underground and has not went up, it is called magma.
What are things that are ejected from a volcano.?
The matter thrown out of a volcano while it is erupting is called lava, and it consists of melted rock matter. Before erupting, the lava moves underground towards the opening of the volcano. When it is underground like this, it is called magma.
What is the solid magma core of a volcano called?
Magma is underground, when it reaches the surface it becomes lava. So solidified magma is really lava. The lava flow is the liquid lava as it goes down the mountain, when hard its just hardened lava. Magma is underground, when it reaches the surface it becomes lava. So solidified magma is really lava. The lava flow is the liquid lava as it goes down the mountain, when hard its just hardened lava.
What cave forms when molten rock flows out from beneath a hardened surface of lava and leaves behind an underground chamber?
This is called a lava tube.
Is molten rock and lava flow the same thing?
Not exactly. Molten rock is called either magma or lava depending on whether it is underground or above ground. When lava flows on the surface like a river or flood it is called a lava flows, but lava is not always flowing downhill. Sometimes it can collect in a pool called a lava lake, or be flung into the air in a lava fountain.
