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