• Question: what is the differences between magma and lava (if they are the same why do they have different names)?

    Asked by shamail575 to Claire, Joanna, Kapila, Renata, Suzanne on 18 Jun 2013.
    • Photo: Suzanne Harvey

      Suzanne Harvey answered on 18 Jun 2013:

      As far as I know they’re the same, though a geologist may be able to correct me! Molten rock is called magma when it’s under the earth’s crust, and lava when it erupts out of a volcano, so it’s the same thing in different places.

    • Photo: Claire El Mouden

      Claire El Mouden answered on 19 Jun 2013:

      I think Suzanne is right….but I’m not a geologist either!

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