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Spell Bee Word: magma


Basic Details

Word: Magma

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Very hot, melted rock found deep under the earth's surface. When it comes out of a volcano, it is called lava.

How to Spell Magma

Syllables: mag - ma

Tricky part: Both vowels are a, and the word ends in a, not er or ah. The g and m sit side by side in the middle.

Watch out for: magmah, megma, magmer

Memory tip: Split it into mag and ma. Each half has an a, and the word ends in a, like lava, the name magma takes once it pours out.

Usage Examples

Example 1: Our geography teacher showed a diagram of magma rising inside a volcano.

Example 2: Magma cools slowly underground and hardens into rocks like granite.

Example 3: Arjun made a model volcano and painted the magma bright orange.

Fun Fact

Magma is usually somewhere between about 700 and 1,300 degrees Celsius, several times hotter than a kitchen oven at full heat.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) crator
b) magma
c) erupsion
d) volcanoe

Show answer

b) magma. Volcano has no e at the end, eruption ends in tion and crater ends in er.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

agmam

a) stigma
b) magma
c) dogma
d) plasma

Show answer

b) magma. Two a's, two m's and one g fit just one of these words.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

m_gm_

a) a, a
b) e, a
c) u, a
d) a, e

Show answer

a) a, a. Both gaps take a: mag at the start and ma at the end.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is magma found?

a) in the clouds
b) at the bottom of a lake
c) deep below the earth's surface
d) inside tree trunks

Show answer

c) deep below the earth's surface

2. When magma flows out of a volcano, it is called ____.

a) sand
b) steam
c) lava
d) ash

Show answer

c) lava

Associated Words

analyticalcabinetbarefootsitevariant
monotonemessagemiserablecompulsiondazzling

Next steps

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