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