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