Rocks
Sedimentary rock formed from the remains of living things instead of minerals
Coal
An underwater valley where the oceanic crust seems to be separating
rift
The solid parts of the earth
Geosphere
A low area of land near the coast that floods with the tide
salt marsh
A body of water where the river meets the ocean
estuary
The type of rock formed from magma or lava
igneous
The flat and mostly level floor of the ocean
abyssal plain
Where an earthquake begins
hypocenter
An island parallel to the mainland's shore
barrier island
A high ridge that separates two river systems
drainage divide
Rock changed in form by heat and pressure
Metamorphic
An opening in the ocean floor that releases hot, mineral-rich water
hydrothermal vent
Where the most damage is caused in an earthquake
epicenter
A thick ice sheet that slowly moves under its own weight
glacier
A large stream that moves through the ocean
ocean current
The remains or impression of living things, usually preserved in sedimentary rock
fossil
The type of seafloor mud made from minerals and the remains of tiny ocean organisms
ooze
Tectonic plate activity in which heavier plates are believed to have slid under lighter plates
Subduction
The gravitational forces of the sun and moon that work at right angles against each other
neap tides
An earthquake on the ocean floor that causes an enormous wave
Tsunami
an idea from evolutionists that there is a "missing link" between two kinds of animals to show how one kind of animal could have turned into another kind of animal
transitional form
The first stage of Noah's flood
Flooding Stage
The theory that crustal plate activity can cause geological events and processes
Plate tectonics
The process in which sediments are transported along the coast with the current
longshore drift
A volcanic mountain under the sea
seamount