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