Question: do u like lava

Natasha Dowey answered on 7 Mar 2019: last edited 7 Mar 2019 11:57 pm

I do like lava- it is molten rock, a river of rock, and is a way of seeing inside the planet and understanding how the Earth cools itself down (a bit like how we sweat when we’re hot!). Lava moves in a really cool way- a crust forms on the outside because it cools so quickly when it is out in the air, and then the lava flow is “jacked up” from inside, within this cooled outer crust. This means that sometimes, after a lava flow has gone by, the outer crust is left behind, forming giant ‘lava tubes’ big enough for people to walk through!