Geological Terms
What is the natural home of an organism?
Habitat
What is the light-colored rock that forms the continental crust?
granite
What is the term for the process of breaking down rocks?
weathering
What is the name of the continuous volcanic mountain range in the ocean?
mid-ocean ridge
What type of sediment is made from the remains of marine organisms?
siliceous ooze or biogenous sediment
what is the earth's innermost layer?
core
What is the dark-colored rock that forms the oceanic crust?
basalt
What is the process of new sea floor formation?
sea-floor spreading
What is a narrow depression in the sea floor called?
Trenches
What is concept that is used to indicate that all oceans on Earth are interconnected.
world ocean
What type of rock forms the sea floor?
basalt
What type of rock is formed from the weathering of others?
lithogenous sediment
What is the downward movement of a plate called?
Subduction
What is the gently sloping area at the base of the continental slope?
continental rise
What sediments are derived from the breakdown of rocks?
lithogenous sediment
What is the semiliquid layer between the crust and core?
mantle
What sediment consists of the shells of marine organisms?
calcareous ooze
What are the regions of Earth's lithosphere that move?
tectonic plates
What is the flat region on the deep-sea floor?
abyssal plain
What is the term for sediment made of calcium carbonate?
calcareous ooze
What do you call the movement of continental masses?
continental drift
What is the term for sediment made of silica?
siliceous ooze
What is a crack in Earth's crust usually formed when pieces of crust move past each other.
fault
What is the term for a submarine volcano?
seamount
What do you call a microscopic fossil?
Microfossils