- 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
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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