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