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