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