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