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The melting of surface material, like rock, is a gradual process that occurs as tectonic plates subduct (slide under one another). Extreme frictional forces are applied, and this helps to heat the subducted material. Also it is heated increasingly by Earth's internal heat. As this process continues, all the subducted material becomes hot enough to melt to become magma.
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Magma is liquid rock that is underground. When it reaches the surface, as through a volcano, it is called lava.
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How does magma form ay divergent boundaries?
Hot mantle rock rises to fill rift zones. When rock rises, a decrease in pressure causes hot mantle rock to melt and form magma.
What three types of rocks can melt to form magma?
All types of rock can melt. Thus potentially ALL types of rocks can form a magma. Your question - asking for 3 types, is therefore meaningless.
What is wrong in this sentence rock melts at calderas and then is forced towards the crust as magma?
The sentence incorrectly implies that rock itself melts to form magma. In reality, the heat from the mantle causes the surrounding rock to melt and form magma which then rises towards the crust. Consider revising the sentence to accurately reflect this process.
If the heat and pressure inside earth cause a rock to melt what material would be formed?
If heat and pressure inside the Earth cause a rock to melt, the resulting material would be magma. When magma cools and solidifies, it can form igneous rock. The composition of the magma depends on the original rock material and the conditions under which it melted.
Can lava melt rock in the mountain?
Underground molten rock, called magma, does melt some of the surrounding rock.
Does magma form when rock begins to melt?
Yes. Magma is underground molten rock.
What rock gets hot enough to melt when it is forming?
Igneous rock such as granite and basalt can melt under high temperatures when forming. This molten rock, or magma, can then cool and solidify to form igneous rocks.
How does magma form ay divergent boundaries?
Hot mantle rock rises to fill rift zones. When rock rises, a decrease in pressure causes hot mantle rock to melt and form magma.
What three types of rocks can melt to form magma?
All types of rock can melt. Thus potentially ALL types of rocks can form a magma. Your question - asking for 3 types, is therefore meaningless.
What is wrong in this sentence rock melts at calderas and then is forced towards the crust as magma?
The sentence incorrectly implies that rock itself melts to form magma. In reality, the heat from the mantle causes the surrounding rock to melt and form magma which then rises towards the crust. Consider revising the sentence to accurately reflect this process.
If a rock gets a hot enough it will?
it will melt
If the heat and pressure inside earth cause a rock to melt what material would be formed?
If heat and pressure inside the Earth cause a rock to melt, the resulting material would be magma. When magma cools and solidifies, it can form igneous rock. The composition of the magma depends on the original rock material and the conditions under which it melted.
What color rocks does basaltic magma form?
Basaltic magma usually forms a black rock.
Can lava melt rock in the mountain?
Underground molten rock, called magma, does melt some of the surrounding rock.
What rock families can form magma if hot enough?
All the three existing rock families/types/classes (ie, igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks) can form magma, if they become hot enough to melt and change to molten form.
How does a sedimentary rock becomes a ingeous rock?
A sedimentary rock can become an igneous rock through the process of melting and solidification. If sedimentary rocks are subjected to high temperatures and pressures in the Earth's crust or mantle, they can melt and form magma. This magma can then cool and solidify to form igneous rocks.
What is formed when rocks melt deep under ground?
Magma is liquified rock under the Earth's crust. When it emerges from a volcano it is renamed lava.
