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"Hot liquid rock" exposed at or above the surface is called lava whereas if it is below the surface it is called magma.

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What is a hot liquid rock that is exposed at the surface?

It is called lava.


What is the name for hot liquid rock?

Hot liquid rock is called magma when it is beneath the Earth's surface and lava when it reaches the surface through a volcano.


Hot liquid rock on the earth's surface is called?

The is called "lava", before it comes out on the surface it is called "magma".


Hot liquid rock beneath the earth's surface is called?

Magma.


What do we call molten hot liquid rock while it is still below the Earth's surface?

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Magma is solid?

A natural hot melt composed of a solution of rock-forming materials, steam, and super-heated gases from which igneous rock results.


What is the hot liquid that forms when a rock partially or completely melts?

The hot liquid that forms when a rock partially or completely melts is called magma. Magma is composed of molten rock, mineral crystals, and dissolved gases. It can be found beneath the Earth's surface in the mantle and can erupt onto the surface as lava through volcanic activity.


Magma is hot liquid rock that makes what power possible?

magma is hot liquid rock that makes what power possible?


What is the hot liquid that lies under the earth's crust?

Molten rock..IE lava or magma


What is a definition for lava?

Lava is molten rock that erupts from a volcano or fissure in the Earth's surface. It typically flows as a red-hot liquid before cooling and solidifying into igneous rock.


What process causes liquid rock to move?

Vulcanism is the process that forces liquid rock (magma) from deep within the Earth, up to the surface. Once the rock is expelled from a Volcano, the force of Gravity makes it flow down the sloped surface.


When a rock is heated it melts to form a liquid called what?

hot liquid that forms when rock melts is MAGMA