What is the difference between "magma" and "lava"?

A) Magma is less dense than lava.
B) It is just a name change, and lava is what magma is called if it reaches the surface of the Earth.
C) Magma makes igneous rocks and lava forms volcanoes.
D) Magma is formed deep in the Earth and lava forms near the surface of the Earth.


B

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