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