GEOLOGY

EARTH SCIENCE

TECTONICS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Molten rock beneath the earth’s surface
A
Mid-Ocean Ridge
B
Magma
C
Hot Things
D
Inner Core
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Magma is extremely hot liquid and semi-liquid rock located under Earth’s surface. Earth has a layered structure that consists of the inner core, outer core, mantle, and crust. Much of the planet’s mantle consists of magma. This magma can push through holes or cracks in the crust, causing a volcanic eruption.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-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 an extremely hot liquid and semi-liquid rock located under Earth’s surface.

Detailed explanation-5: -Earth’s Interior. Earth is divided into three main layers. The dense, hot inner core (yellow), the molten outer core (orange), the mantle (red), and the thin crust (brown), which supports all life in the known universe. The mantle is the mostly solid bulk of Earth’s interior.

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