- 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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