Geology Vocabulary

What is the name for the supercontinent when all the continents were joined together?

• Pangaea

• Gondwana

• Laurasia

• Rodinia

The process by which oceans form is known as:

• Subduction

• Seafloor spreading

• Erosion

• Plate tectonics

A continuous mountain range found on the ocean floor is called a:

• Trench

• Mid-ocean ridge

• Seamount

• Abyssal plain

Earth's surface, including the ocean floor and continents, is broken into large moving pieces called?

• Tectonic plates

• Continental shelves

• Oceanic ridges

• Mantle plumes

Hardened remains of once living plants and animals that provide clues about what the environment was like are called:

• Fossils

• Minerals

• Artifacts

• Sediments

The edge of a continent underwater is called:

• Continental Slope

• Continental Shelf

• Abyssal Plain

• Oceanic Ridge

What forms when heat within the Earth rises and stretches the crust apart?

• Mountains

• Volcanoes

• Rift valleys

• Earthquakes

Deep ocean trenches form at which type of plate boundary?

• Divergent boundaries

• Convergent boundaries

• Transform boundaries

• Passive margins

A linear sea is:

• a large body of saltwater surrounded by land

• a narrow, elongated body of water between two landmasses

• a small freshwater lake

• a circular oceanic feature

What forms when a narrow sea expands and fills with water?

• A lake

• An ocean

• A river

• A gulf