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