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