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