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