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