Movement of Continents
The idea that continents move around the Earth's surface
continental drift
A long chain of undersea mountains
mid-ocean ridge
divergent boundary
What major catastrophic event from the Bible do some Christian scientists claim caused the continental drift from Pangaea to the current location of the continents
The Flood
Pangaea
A hyothesis that new sea floor is created at mid-ocean ridges and the continents are pushed apart from each other
sea-floor spreading
A lithospheric plate boundary where two plates come together
convergent boundary
A theory explaining how the pieces of Earth's surface move
Plate tectonics
Large pieces of Earth's lithoshpere that move over the asthenosphere
lithospheric plates
A lithospheric plate boundary where two plates slide by each other
transform fault boundary
The German scientist and arctic explorer who suggested the concept of continental drift
Alfred Wegener
Heated lower mantle rock that rises toward the lithosphere because it is less dense than surrounding mantle rock
mantle plume
deep-ocean trench
The Greek meaning of Pangaea
all land
A process that involves a lithospheric plate sinking into the mantle
subduction
Special lava formations on the ocean floor that are clues to the location of ancient mid-ocean ridges
pillow lava