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