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