How Does Turning Rocks Into LAVA! | The 3000° Forge Work?

Imagine turning a rock into a super hot lava stream, like melting ice cream with a fire truck!

How Rocks Get Hot

Deep inside Earth, there are places that are super hot, like a 3000° forge, which is way hotter than a kitchen oven. This heat comes from the Earth’s core, and it's like a giant hot oven baking everything below us.

How Lava Is Born

When rocks get too hot, they start to melt, just like how chocolate melts in your hand on a sunny day. The melted rock is called magma, and when it comes out of the ground, it’s called lava. It flows down like honey from a jar, but super fast and super hot!

Why It Matters

This lava can make new mountains or even change the shape of land, just like how a puddle can become a lake if you pour more water into it.

So next time you see a volcano, imagine it’s like Earth is cooking up lava in its giant kitchen, and we get to watch it all happen right before our eyes! Imagine turning a rock into a super hot lava stream, like melting ice cream with a fire truck!

How Lava Is Born

When rocks get too hot, they start to melt, just like how chocolate melts in your hand on a sunny day. The melted rock is called magma, and when it comes out of the ground, it’s called lava. It flows down like honey from a jar, but super fast and super hot!

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  1. A rock is heated until it becomes liquid, like melting chocolate in the sun.
  2. Imagine a hot pan turning butter into liquid gold, that's rocks becoming lava.
  3. Under Earth's surface, heat turns solid rocks into flowing lava.

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