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