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