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A geyser may form from ground water heated by magma.
The rock melts, just like most other solids do when heated. Magma is to rock as water is to ice.
Hot springs and Geysers. A geyser is a foundation of water and steam that erupts from the ground. A hot spring forms when groundwater heated by a nearby body of magma rises to the surface and collects in a natural pool.
In volcanic areas the heated water is a source of escape for the volcanic gases. Water heated by magma gets very hot and needs to have a place to go or the ground will explode.
Groundwater that comes in contact with magma or rocks heated by magma can boil into steam. If it boils quickly enough it can result in an explosion called a phreatic eruption.
A geyser may form from ground water heated by magma.
The rock melts, just like most other solids do when heated. Magma is to rock as water is to ice.
Hot springs and Geysers. A geyser is a foundation of water and steam that erupts from the ground. A hot spring forms when groundwater heated by a nearby body of magma rises to the surface and collects in a natural pool.
Such a pool is called a hot spring.
Magma-heated rock.
This is known as a hot spring. This process is one source of geothermal energy.
In volcanic areas the heated water is a source of escape for the volcanic gases. Water heated by magma gets very hot and needs to have a place to go or the ground will explode.
Actually, the water inside is heated mainly by conduction. A person nearby is heated by both convection and radiation.
Three ways that magma form:temperaturecompositionpressureIn addition, water causes the melting temperature to lower, which causes it to melt into magma
The water is heated by a nearby volcanic activity.
it generates geothermal energy
The water is hot because it comes from the earths mantle. If the hot springs is in a volcanic zone like Yellowstone national park, water may be heated by the magma in the volcano near by.