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What is the name for lava before it leaves the volcano?
its magma before it reaches earths surface. lava is when its at earths surface
What is the magma when it reaches the earths surface?
Magma that reaches the Earth's surface is known as lava.
What term refers to magma at the earths surface?
Magma once it reaches the earths surface is called lava.
Magma that reaches the earths surface?
Magma that reaches earth's surface is called lava.
What is magma that flows out on to earths surface?
Lava.
What is the name for magma that has erupted?
Lava. Note: Magma cant erupt, volcanoes do. Magma is just the word for molten rock beneath the earths surface, lava is for molten rock above the earths surface.
When magma hardens and comes to the earths surface what is it called?
If the magma has hardened before being exposed at the surface it would be considered an intrusive igneous rock. It is hardens at or near the surface, it would be called extrusive igneous rock.
Why does magma come to the surface?
Magma is less dense than the surrounding rock; as such, it will rise toward the surface.
Magma tends to rise toward earths surface?
Yes, magma tends to rise towards the earth's surface. It does so because once melted it becomes less dense.
Does a volcano form when magma reaches earths surface?
That is correct. When magma travels from the mantle to the crust and reaches the surface, that is a volcano.
What word identifies magma that reaches earths surface?
lava
What is it called when magma hardens beneath the earths surface?
crust
