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The heating of underground water by magma is called geothermal activity.

The word geothermal comes from the Greek geo meaning "Earth" and therme meaning "heat".

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What do you call magma that solidifies in a bubble shape under the Earth's crust?

Intrusion of magma that solidifies in a bubble shape under the Earth's crust is called a pluton. This forms when magma is trapped in a pocket underground and slowly cools and solidifies, creating distinct bubble-shaped structures.


Does a dike form when magma forces itself between rock layers and hardens?

Yes, a dike forms when magma intrudes into existing rock layers and solidifies. As the magma cools and solidifies underground, it creates a vertical or near-vertical sheet-like body of igneous rock that cuts across the existing rock layers.


Magma that forces its way into rocks and hardens is called a extrusion or fault or unconformity or intrusion?

Magma that forces its way into rocks and hardens is called intrusion.


When magma solidifies far belows earth's surface they form what?

When magma reaches the earth's surface, it is called lava. when it solidifies, it forms new crust, or rock.


Is gabbro made from lava or magma?

Gabbro is an igneous rock that forms from the slow cooling and crystallization of magma beneath the Earth's surface. While lava is molten rock that flows on the Earth's surface, gabbro forms from magma that solidifies underground.


Some crystals are formed from hot melted rock called?

magma. When magma cools and solidifies underground, it can lead to the formation of crystals through a process called crystallization. This process allows atoms and molecules to arrange themselves in a repeating pattern, forming the distinct geometric shapes commonly associated with crystals.


What is lava called when underground?

magma


What is lava called when it is underground?

When lava is underground, it is called magma. Magma is molten rock beneath the Earth's surface that can eventually erupt onto the surface as lava during a volcanic eruption.


What is magma called after it hits the air and turns solid?

When magma cools and solidifies after reaching the Earth's surface, it is called igneous rock.


Magma that solidifies before reaching the earth's surface is called?

When magma solidifies before reaching Earth's surface it is called intrusive igneous rock, plutonic rock, a pluton. Igneous rock is formed from crystallization of molten magma.


What name is given to molten rock underground?

Magma is a type of molten rock underground. Hope this helps. :)


Magma cools and solidifies to form what rocks?

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