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