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