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