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Lava and magma are the same because they're both molten rock

Magma is molten rock inside the earth and lava is molten rock on the earth's surface

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Is lava and magma the same?

Magma and lava are like each other but magma is below the Earth and lava reaches the Earth's surface.


What are the temperatures for lava and magma?

Lava - between 700 - 1300 degrees Celsius magma - same as above


Is lava magma?

yes. magma is the lava that is in the volcano and lava is the magma that is outside a volcano


When does magma become lava?

It should be magma is the hottest because it is usually molten rock that has not reached the surface during an eruption.Lava is 2nd hottest. It is the molten rock we see when a crack in the crust of the earth or a volcano eruption allows molten rock from beneath the crust to come up.


Why lava and magma is together?

Magma is just lava inside the earth, and lava is just magma outside the earth.


What do you call when lava beneath the crust?

Magma; they are both the same substance, but lava has been exposed to the surface.


Why is magma hotter than lava?

Magma is hotter than lava because magma is located beneath the Earth's surface where it is exposed to higher temperatures and pressures compared to lava, which is magma that reaches the surface. As magma rises to the surface and cools, it loses some of its heat energy, resulting in the lower temperature of lava.


Are lava and magma the same thing?

Lava is simply magma that has reached the surface.


What are the result s to magma turning into lava?

Actually, magma and lava are essentially the same thing. Different names for the same hot liquid bursting out of a volcano. Magma is while it's in the volcano. When it pours out it's still magma, but just called lava. No difference. If you want to know what happens when it cools, then well, it turns into an igneous rock. (such as obsidian)


Lava is a type of magma but not all magma is lava?

Magma is molten rock beneath the Earth's surface, while lava is magma that reaches the surface through a volcano or fissure. So, while all lava was once magma, not all magma will reach the surface as lava.


What is magma called when it comes out of the ground?

Magma that flows onto the Earth's surface is called Lava.


Is magma faster than lava?

Lava is magma, that has reached the surface.