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