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Pumice is volcanic rock formed from frothy lava. It will usually float on water because of all the gas bubbles in it.

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What is a solid form of lava is so frothy with gas when it reaches the surface?

That is pumice.


The solid form of lava that is so frothy with gas when it reaches the surface is called?

pumice


What can form when a volcano reaches the surface?

Mountains form when the volcano reaches the surface


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.


Does a mountin form when a volcano reaches the surface of the water in an ocean?

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Where does the magma go after it rises from the Earth's crust?

Magma that reaches the surface erupts from volcanoes, either effusively to form lava or explosively to form ash, pumice and cinders. Lava and in some cases ash will then cool to form solid rock.


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What rocks originate from the surface of the earth?

Sedimentary rocks form on the Earth's crust, and can form metamorphic rocks when buried. Igneous rocks form under the surface, or when liquid magma reaches the surface as lava.


How do volcanoes impact the earth's surface?

They can form islands: when hot lava reaches the ocean, it will harden and form an island.


What is igneous rocks that form from magma that reaches the surface of the earth?

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Magma rises up the volcanoes vents soon reaches the surface what kind of rock will it form?

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