Earth's Processes

The magma that reaches the surface of the earth

• instrusive

• lava

• extrusive

• volcano

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

• extrusive

• lava

• instrusive

• magma

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

• lava

• intrusive

• metamorphic

• extrusive

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

The crust and solid, upper portion of the mantle

• core

• mantle

• lithosphere

• plates

a large, nearly flat region on the ocean floor

• abyssal plain

• seamount

• trench

• continental shelf

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

an undersea volcanic mountain found on the ocean floor

• seamount

• ridge

• continental slope

• trench

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The process by which one lithospheric plate is forced under another

• divergent

• subduction

• convergent

• transform

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A stream of water that flows deep beneath the ocean's surface

• deep ocean current

• Coriolis effect

• El Nino

• upwelling

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The way Earth's rotation affects wind and ocean currents

• Coriolis effect

• El Nino

• Pacific Trade Winds

• upweling

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A climate event in the Pacific Ocean caused by wind shifts, resulting in unusually warm water temperatures

• deep ocean current

• Coriolis effect

• Pacific Trade Winds

• El Nino

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6