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How are lava and magma the same?

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Lava and magma are the same because they're both molten rock

Magma is molten rock inside the earth and lava is molten rock on the earth's surface

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they are the same because the are both melted molten rock. Magma is under the Earth's surface and lava is the stuff that comes out of a volcano.

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Is lava and magma the same?

Magma and lava are like each other but magma is below the Earth and lava reaches the Earth's surface.


What are the temperatures for lava and magma?

Lava - between 700 - 1300 degrees Celsius magma - same as above


What Magma and lava can both solidify to produce?

They are both the same thing, which is melted rock, which means they solidify to form rock. The only difference between magma and lava is that magma is underground, and lava is not.


Are lava and magma the same thing?

Lava is simply magma that has reached the surface.


Is lava magma?

yes. magma is the lava that is in the volcano and lava is the magma that is outside a volcano


How do minerals form from magma and lava?

well lava and magma are pretty much the same thing but the way minerals form from lava and magma is that when a volcano erupts the magma turns to lava and lava is just magma that cool-es faster because it is on the surface. anyway the way that minerals form is when the lava and minerals already form come together they form new minerals


When does magma become lava?

It should be magma is the hottest because it is usually molten rock that has not reached the surface during an eruption.Lava is 2nd hottest. It is the molten rock we see when a crack in the crust of the earth or a volcano eruption allows molten rock from beneath the crust to come up.


Does lava turn to magma or magma turns to llava?

magma turns into lava.


Why lava and magma is together?

Magma is just lava inside the earth, and lava is just magma outside the earth.


Why doesn't granite have airholes?

Granite is formed from magma, not lava. And, no, they are not the same thing. Magma is inside of the Earth, but lava is what you get after the magma reaches Earth's surface and gasses within it expand when the pressure is deduced.


Why is magma hotter than lava?

Lava is magma that is erupted onto Earth's surface. The temperature is essentially the same, except for the cooling that may occur after eruption.


Is magma the same as molten rock?

Yes. Technically, magma that appears on the surface of the Earth is called lava.