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