- 1. A volcanic trench (fosa volcanica) would be found in
A) volcano
B) Hawaii
C) glacier
D) mountain
E) mid-oceanic ridge
- 2. A subduction zone is found in a/an ________________________ boundary.
A) convergent
B) divergent
C) transform
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) trench
B) large volcano
C) Hawaii
D) diamond
E) petroleum
A) large volcanoes
B) large pieces of floating crust
C) lithospheric zones
D) large volcanic islands
E) large subduction zones
- 5. There are 2 types of tectonic plates, the ____________________ and the ______________________.
A) Icelandic, continental
B) continental, volcanic
C) Hawaiian, Artic
D) oceanic, Hawaiian
E) oceanic, continental
- 6. Tectonic plates float on the Earth's _________________________.
A) mantle
B) core
C) crust
D) lithosphere
E) volcanoes
- 7. Earth's lithosphere is comprised of Earth's crust and the upper part of the Earth's _________________________.
A) core
B) crust
C) volcanoes
D) mantle
E) lithosphere
- 8. The continents were once part of one giant landmass, _________________________.
A) Artica
B) Rhodenia
C) Hawaiiana
D) Pangaea
E) Panamericanaea
- 9. "The continents have moved during Earth's history." This quote is part of the _____________________________ theory.
A) tectonic plate
B) continental drift
C) blood diamond
D) subduction zone
E) hot spot
- 10. _____________ crust, or crust with higher density, is pushed into the mantle at subduction zones.
A) Younger
B) Newer
C) Older
D) Prettier
E) Lighter
- 11. Earthquakes are a product of _______ types of boundaries.
A) 2
B) 3
C) 1
D) 0
E) 4
- 12. San Francisco, California, sits atop the fault of ___________________________.
A) San Andrew
B) San Augustine
C) San Ramiro
D) San Andres
E) San Francisco
- 13. The fault under San Francisco is known to be a _________________________ tectonic plate boundary.
A) transform
B) divergent
C) volcanic
D) convergent
E) hot spot
- 14. Hawaii is a product of volcanic eruptions that come out of a/an ______________________.
A) transformance
B) Hot Spot
C) divergence
D) strike-slip spot
E) convergence
- 15. A convection current is caused by differences in _______________________.
A) odor
B) mass
C) color
D) air pressure
E) temperature
- 16. Tectonic plate movements are causes by _____________________________.
A) Lithospheric sources
B) conveyor belts
C) pressure in Earth's crust
D) heat in Earth's core
E) convection currents
- 17. The known types of seismic waves are: ________________________.
A) P, L, and K
B) P, S, and L
C) V, U, and H
D) S, L, and U
E) P, K, and F
- 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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