what is the difference between magma and lava??
Please explain at it with picture ( coz i am going to discuss it with children)
2006-09-07 03:23:06 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Magma is molten or partially molten rock beneath the Earth's surface. When magma erupts onto the surface, it is called lava.
Pick up the image from the following site:
http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/Products/Pglossary/magma.html
2006-09-07 03:36:56 · answer #1 · answered by Erize Z 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Magma is molten rock beneath the surface of the earth; lava is what magma is called when it reaches the surface...
http://whyfiles.org/031volcano/images/magma_flow_up.gif
You can see the magma in this picture, it's inside the volcano and on the top, licking outside it's the lava.
Magma once it reaches the exterior of the volcano gets a new name, lava, but basically has the same composition.
2006-09-07 03:32:14 · answer #2 · answered by Green Alex 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Magma is molten rock beneath the surface of the Earth. Lava has come to the Earth's surface (like from a volcano).
2006-09-07 03:44:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The terms are really are referring to the same stuff (molten rock).
If someone is talking about magma you know they are talking about when it is still underground but if they are talking about lava you know they are talking about after it has erupted.
The word lava comes from the Italian word for avalanche which is based on the Latin word "labes" (a sliding down). We guess that this refers to the front of aa lava flows where clinker i! continuous falling down.
The second link has a few nice pictures
2006-09-07 03:32:33 · answer #4 · answered by Warsoul24a69 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
magma is beneath the surface and lava is above the surface.
magma is formed before eruption and lava is what magma becomes after eruption.
2006-09-07 03:30:17 · answer #5 · answered by woof! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The way that they're spelled. And magma is usually used to describe sub-surface while lava is used for supra-surface.
Doug
2006-09-07 03:27:59 · answer #6 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
magma is below the surface where as lava is above it
2006-09-07 03:25:06 · answer #7 · answered by J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Magma is molten rock below ground. Lava is molten rock above ground. No pictures for you.
2006-09-07 03:25:39 · answer #8 · answered by 006 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
magma is inside volcano when it comes out it becomes lava.
2006-09-07 03:32:06 · answer #9 · answered by CHIMPU 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
temperature
2006-09-07 03:26:30 · answer #10 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋