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