Chapter 5 Science

2. A theoretical stack of rock layers that documents the history of the Earth.
4. The study of the large-scale motion and deformation of Earth's lithosphere.
6. A massive landmass, such as Rodinia or Pangea, that contains most of Earth's continental crust.
8. The prevailing model for the formation of the solar system from a cloud of dust and gas.
9. The rule stating that in an undisturbed sequence, the oldest rocks are at the bottom.
10. The most recent "all-earth" supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras.
11. A single layer of sedimentary rock or soil with internally consistent characteristics.
14. Molten rock stored beneath the Earth's surface before it becomes lava.

1. Alfred Wegener’s early 20th-century hypothesis that landmasses move across the globe.
3. A rapid-motion version of plate movement proposed to have occurred during a massive geological event.
5. The sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate into the mantle beneath another plate.
7. The process where new oceanic crust is formed at mid-ocean ridges.
12. A massive, irregularly shaped slab of solid rock that makes up the Earth's outer shell.
13. A term relating to a great flood, often used in geological contexts regarding flood-deposited sediment.