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