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