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