- 1. A volcanic trench (fosa volcanica) would be found in
A) mid-oceanic ridge
B) glacier
C) Hawaii
D) volcano
E) mountain
- 2. A subduction zone is found in a/an ________________________ boundary.
A) volcanic
B) divergent
C) convergent
D) strike-slip
E) transform
- 3. Seafloor spreading, a process where new oceanic crust is created in a divergent zone, also causes a/an _____________________.
A) petroleum
B) large volcano
C) Hawaii
D) diamond
E) trench
A) large pieces of floating crust
B) large subduction zones
C) large volcanic islands
D) lithospheric zones
E) large volcanoes
- 5. There are 2 types of tectonic plates, the ____________________ and the ______________________.
A) Icelandic, continental
B) continental, volcanic
C) Hawaiian, Artic
D) oceanic, Hawaiian
E) oceanic, continental
- 6. Tectonic plates float on the Earth's _________________________.
A) crust
B) lithosphere
C) core
D) mantle
E) volcanoes
- 7. Earth's lithosphere is comprised of Earth's crust and the upper part of the Earth's _________________________.
A) mantle
B) crust
C) lithosphere
D) volcanoes
E) core
- 8. The continents were once part of one giant landmass, _________________________.
A) Hawaiiana
B) Pangaea
C) Artica
D) Panamericanaea
E) Rhodenia
- 9. "The continents have moved during Earth's history." This quote is part of the _____________________________ theory.
A) hot spot
B) blood diamond
C) subduction zone
D) tectonic plate
E) continental drift
- 10. _____________ crust, or crust with higher density, is pushed into the mantle at subduction zones.
A) Older
B) Lighter
C) Newer
D) Prettier
E) Younger
- 11. Earthquakes are a product of _______ types of boundaries.
A) 1
B) 3
C) 0
D) 2
E) 4
- 12. San Francisco, California, sits atop the fault of ___________________________.
A) San Francisco
B) San Andres
C) San Ramiro
D) San Augustine
E) San Andrew
- 13. The fault under San Francisco is known to be a _________________________ tectonic plate boundary.
A) hot spot
B) convergent
C) volcanic
D) divergent
E) transform
- 14. Hawaii is a product of volcanic eruptions that come out of a/an ______________________.
A) convergence
B) divergence
C) Hot Spot
D) strike-slip spot
E) transformance
- 15. A convection current is caused by differences in _______________________.
A) odor
B) air pressure
C) mass
D) temperature
E) color
- 16. Tectonic plate movements are causes by _____________________________.
A) heat in Earth's core
B) convection currents
C) conveyor belts
D) pressure in Earth's crust
E) Lithospheric sources
- 17. The known types of seismic waves are: ________________________.
A) P, L, and K
B) P, S, and L
C) S, L, and U
D) P, K, and F
E) V, U, and H
- 18. Secondary waves cannot travel through ________________________.
A) gases and liquids
B) gases and solids
C) liquids and fluids
D) gases and clouds
E) fluids and oceans
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