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