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In definition, lava is magma that is expelled by a volcano at or near the surface.

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Does lava flow to the surface and become a magma?

No. Magma flows to the surface and becomes lava.


When magma reaches the exterior of the earth crust is become?

Lava


What does magma become once it rises to the earth's surface?

Magma that reaches the Earth's surface is known as lava.


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 reach Earth's surface and become lava?

when it reaches land


When does magma (molten rock) become lava?

When it is extruded onto the surface.


How does megma become lava?

Magma becomes lava when it reaches the Earth's surface through volcanic eruptions. As magma rises towards the surface, pressure decreases and dissolved gases within the magma start to expand, causing the magma to rise and erupt onto the surface as lava.


Why lava and magma is together?

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


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.


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.


Is magma faster than lava?

Lava is magma, that has reached the surface.


How is magma and lava similar?

Lava is just magma that has reached the surface.