Talk:Earthbending/@comment-99.97.176.233-20101228013704/@comment-4342428-20110102100944

A firebender could control the temperature of lava by transferring the heat from the lava into the air. But an earthbender can't because he/she can only change the structure of, perhaps lava. By breaking down earth, it would only turn into sand, unlike ice which increases in temperature when melted. Waterbenders can manipulate the temperature of the liquid because by only changing the physical state of water, the temparature of water changes too.