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crystals form when lava reaches the surface and cools

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Q: What forms in earths crust when molten material reaches the surface?
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What is the molten material found on the earth's surface?

The molten material that reaches earth's surface is lava :)


What is molten rock that reaches earths surface?

It is called magma


What molten material is beneath earths surface?

it is called magma.


What is molten material beneath earths surface called?

it is called magma.


What forms when molten material from beneath earth's surface cools but doesn't hardens?

Ingenious rocks form when molten material under the earths surface cools. Not only does the molten cool it does not harden.


What is molten rock material that flows over the earths surface?

The molten rock material that flows over the earth's surface is known as magma. This is what will be emitted from a volcanic eruption.


What is the material at earths surface called?

Molten rock material on Earth's surface is called lava. When under Earth's surface it's called magma


What is the substance called that reaches earths surface and is made up of molten rock gases and minerals?

Lava.


Molten rock that reaches the earths surface is called?

When the molten rock is actually flowing on the earth, it is called lava. When it is contained, such as in a volcano, it is called magma.


What is the process whereby molten material reaches the earth's surface?

Magma reaches the earth surface during an eruption. Once the magma is on the surface it is called lava.


What is the term for molten rock material that reaches earth's surface?

Molten rock that is contained below the earth's surface is known as magma. Once it break the surface of the earth, as in a volcanic eruption, it is called lava.


Lava and magma?

Magma is molten material under the Earths crust with temperatures between 700-1300 degrees. Lava is the magma that reaches the surface and exits the volcano.