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What happens to the lava in the volcano?
Technically, it is not lava until it pours out of the volcano. While it is in the volcano it is still magma. What is not ejected in the form of lava might sink and form a plug, allowing the magma to once again build up in the volcano's magma chamber.
What is the form of magma when it thrown out from the volcano?
Lava.
What features form a hot spot volcano form?
magma
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.
How does a volcano form into a mountain?
Over time the magma chamber found inside volcanos is cut off from the mantle by tectonic plate movement. Without constant exchange of hot magma from the mantel to replace the colder magma in the volcano, (convection), the magma inside the volcano hardens into igneous rock.
Where does most sedimentary rock form?
They mostly form in volcano magma or lava.
What does magma need to do for a rock to form?
Magma is basicaly the same as lava, except magma is still in the volcano, when magma has come out of the volcano, it has become lava.
Suppose a volcano that is about to erupt contains mafic magma. The mafic magma has a very low silica content. what types of igneous rocks will the volcano most likely form?
basalt
Is lava magma?
yes. magma is the lava that is in the volcano and lava is the magma that is outside a volcano
Where is the magma in a volcano?
In a magma chamber
What is magma calle when it comes out of a volcano?
When magma comes out of a volcano, it is called Lava.
What happens before a volcanic eruption?
magma falls from underground to form an opening in the volcano
