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