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Yes, the heat of the lava may well turn some of the water into steam, but the sea will cool & solidify the lava.
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Lava cools down and accumulates into rock as it reaches Earth's surface?
Lava cools down and accumulates into rock as it reaches Earth's surface
What happens to the stone as it reaches the surface?
when the lava rock is in the volcanoe it is magma, and when it reaches the outside of the volcanoe it is lava.
When a volcanoes lava washes into the ocean what rock does it form?
lava rock
Hot melted rock that reaches the surface of the Earth is called what?
If it reaches the surface, it is magma or lava. If it merely intrudes into rocks already formed, it is intrusive. Such as sills and dikes.
What is molten rock called when it reaches the Earth's surface?
Molten rock from under the surface (called 'magma') that reaches the Earth's surface and flows out is is called 'lava'.
What is a molton rock that reaches Earth's surface?
Lava.
What does the word lava mean?
lava is rock that is in its molted form ,lava is what magma's called when it reaches the surface.
When is molten rock called lava and when is it called magma?
Molten rock is called magma when it is underground and lava when it reaches the surface.
What is hot molten rock that reaches the earth's surface called?
Molten rock (magma) that spews from a volcano is called lava, When it cools, the lava forms igneous rocks.
What is a molten rock called when it reaches earth's surface?
Magma is called lava when it reaches the surface.
Before molten rock reaches the surface it is called what?
Before lava reaches the surface it is called magma.
How does a volcanoes lava form a mountain?
Lava cools down and accumulates into rock as it reaches Earth's surface
