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Does the lava in mount erebus melt the ice?
Yes, when it erupts -- and the lava cools quickly, forming a smooth lava solid. The heat from the crater forms in tall fumerals, which are unstable and can topple over.
A sentence for lava?
Let's try to stay far away from that hot lava. The lava is flowing very quickly.
What does Lava on the surface of the earth do quickly?
Lava on the earth's surface will cool quickly.
Does lava cool slowly or quickly?
Magma that cools quickly forms into igneous rock, when it cools quickly it becomes a lava rock. Lava cools very quickly at first and forms a thin crust that insulates the interior of the lava flow.
Why is rock a solid and lava a liquid?
Rocks are solid objects therefore they are solids. Lava is rock that has been melted in to a liquid therefore makeing lava a liquid.
What happens if you add enough heat to a solid?
It depends on the solid. Stone would probably become molten lava. Metals would become liquid and could by poured into moulds. Solid ice would turn into water.
Why doesn't water cool the lava?
Water does cool lava, but not instantly. For one thing, lava is a poor conductor of heat, so when lava erupts underwater the outside cools fairly quickly to form solid crust, but the inside remains molten. Second, the water in contact with the lava or crust (which is still quite hot) boils and forms an insulating layer of steam.
What happens to the particles when solid melts?
The atoms start to move around more quickly and when the solid reaches it's melting point it will turn into a liquid.
When lava hardens quickly to form ropy formation it is called what?
When lava hardens quickly to form a ropy formation, it is called pahoehoe lava.
What is made of solid rock?
lava
What type of lava is thin moves quickly and flows smoothly?
Basic lava.
What is lava called when it is a solid?
When lava solidifies, it is called igneous rock.
