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What causes sediment and magma to form? 60 word count

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Magma forms when rocks in the mantle melt due to changes in pressure or the addition of water. Although temperatures in the earth’s mantle are much hotter than melting temperature, there is not a layer of magma or molten rock under the earth’s surface at any given time because there is too much pressure for rock to melt. Rather, magma forms here and there because of certain changes.

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