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