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What magma is called after it erupts above ground?
Lava
What type of rock is formed when magma undergoes crystallization above ground?
Extrusive igneous rock is formed from the crystallization of magma (lava) above ground.
Which type of rock is formed above the ground by lava?
The general type is extrusive igneous rock.
What features form on or above the suns surface?
some features are molten material and lava
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.
What are conditions that large and small crystals will form?
large crystals (that form from volcanoes) form when lava under ground gets separated from the main lava chamber and begins slowly cooling. Smaller crystals form when either, one: Volcanoes erupt and lava cools, or two: Lava under ground gets separated from main lava chamber close to the surface and cools fairly quickly.
Molten rock under the ground?
yes there is its called the mantle its under the crust
What is a synomyn for lava?
A "synonym" for lava would be "molten rock". Lava is above ground. Magma is below ground.
What is molten rock above ground called?
lava
What magma is called after it erupts above ground?
Lava
What are magma and gas vents?
magma is basiclly lava but it is called lava when its under ground and then called lava when its above ground the convection currents in the mantle ( soft rock part of earth under crust) causes the magma to rise and come out of the gas vent which is also known as crater the opening at the top of tge volcano
Igneous rock forms from?
Plutonic rock is formed from magma in the Earth's crust. Volcanic rocks form from lava above ground.
What name is given to molten rock above ground?
lava
How egneous rocks are formed?
Igneous rocks are types of rocks that are formed by fire. They can be formed in the ground from magma that gets trapped in air pockets. Above ground they can form when lava cools along the ground.
What is the term for molten rock?
Magma, or lava, which is magma above ground.
How is oil contained?
There is lava under the ground if water gets mixedwith lava it makes oil
What distinguishes magma from lava?
magma is molten rock that is still underground and lava is molten rock that is above ground
