earths process

The magma that reaches the surface of the earth

• intrusive

• polarity

• lava

a type of igneous rock that cools slowly and has large crystals

• intrusive

• deep ocean current

• seamont

a type of igneous rock that cools quickly and has small crystals

• extrusive

• subduction

• lava

the crust and solid upper prtion of the mantle

• upwelling

• el nino

• lithosphere

a large nearly flat region on the ocean floor

• abyssal plain

• polarity

• seamont

an undersea volcanic mountain found on the ocean floor

• subduction

• extrusive

• seamount

the process by which one lithospheric plate is forced under another

• deep ocean current

• coriolis effect

• subduction

a stream of water that flows deep beneath the oceans surface

• deep ocean current

• el nino

• river

the way Earths rotation affects wind and ocean currents

• el nino

• Coriolis effect

• wind

the movement of cold, deep ocean water to the oceans surface

• subduction

• up rising

• upwelling