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This is what I read from another question, answered by ID0410848064:
When hot lava meets the cooler temperatures of the ocean, an instantaneous cooling reaction takes place within the hot lava causing the minerals to form and crystallize quickly, usually of a different chemical and molecular composition if it were allowed to cool gradually at the earth's surface. Also, the hot lava may take on saline water from the ocean, therefore altering the overall mineral composition.
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What are the two most found substances in the center of the earth?
one is HOT lava lava and rock............magma is cold lava so you don't have to say HOT lava
Does water form lava?
No.
What best describes seamounts and islands of the deep ocean basins?
piles of basaltic lava flows built up from the ocean floor by multiple, summit and flank eruptions
Where is ariela at on Horseisle?
Aeriela is on Lava isle, next to the water in the eastern part of sand joining the main lava isle and the north-eastern island.
How are ridges formed on the ocean floor?
Ocean current paths of travel, underwater volcanoes, tectonic plate movement, depends which specific ridges you are talking about.
Why does lava cools rapidly along a mid ocean ridge?
Lava flows from the rifts and is cooled quickly by sea water
What happens if you mix lava and water together in Minecraft?
When water meets a lava 'block', the lava is converted into an obsidian block. If water meets 'flowing' lava then the lava is turned into cobblestone.
How does lava form the things that are not part of the island but instead lava makes it appear when it meets the ocean?
lava is formed when rocks melt
What is antonym for lava?
water, cold
When lava meets a glacier the frozen water instantly boils into what?
Ice is transformed in liquid water and vapors.
How long does the lava stay hot for?
It usually depends on how hot the lava and how cold the water is. I think it can take around half a minute for the lava to cool off when its in cold water and that's all i can think of.
What cools down lava?
Lava cools in the ocean waters. It will also cool down as it moves.
What happens to lava when it enters the ocean?
On contact with water lava will cool rapidly to form rock.
Can lava boil the ocean?
Not the whole ocean of course, it is much too large. However at the point where lava enters the ocean some water will definitely boil off.
When pillow lava touch ocean water how hot do the ocean water turn?
well actually the water never gets hot
How do volcanoes at mid-ocean ridges affect the temperature of sea water?
as mid-ocean ridge forms it causes the land to pen and the lava flows our. the lava in the sea/ocean changes the temp. of sea water as it is hot.
Is there ocean life where lava meets ocean?
Yes, there are actually thriving communities of organisms that thrive in those specific areas. They eat the chemicals that are released from the inside of the Earth.
