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