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