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