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