SCIENCE
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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Question
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What do you call melted rock below Earth’s surface?
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subduction
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molten
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magma
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lava
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Scientists use the term magma for molten rock that is underground and lava for molten rock that breaks through the Earth’s surface.
Detailed explanation-2: -Magma is extremely hot liquid and semi-liquid rock located under Earth’s surface. When magma flows onto Earth’s surface, it is called lava.
Detailed explanation-3: -batholith, large body of igneous rock formed beneath the Earth’s surface by the intrusion and solidification of magma.
Detailed explanation-4: -Magma is molten rock that is underground and lava is molten rock that erupts out on the surface. The two main types of igneous rocks are plutonic rocks and volcanic rocks. Plutonic rocks are formed when magma cools and solidifies underground.
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