- 1. A volcanic trench (fosa volcanica) would be found in
A) volcano
B) Hawaii
C) glacier
D) mountain
E) mid-oceanic ridge
- 2. A subduction zone is found in a/an ________________________ boundary.
A) volcanic
B) convergent
C) transform
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) diamond
B) Hawaii
C) trench
D) large volcano
E) petroleum
A) large volcanoes
B) lithospheric zones
C) large subduction zones
D) large pieces of floating crust
E) large volcanic islands
- 5. There are 2 types of tectonic plates, the ____________________ and the ______________________.
A) continental, volcanic
B) oceanic, continental
C) oceanic, Hawaiian
D) Icelandic, continental
E) Hawaiian, Artic
- 6. Tectonic plates float on the Earth's _________________________.
A) core
B) lithosphere
C) volcanoes
D) crust
E) mantle
- 7. Earth's lithosphere is comprised of Earth's crust and the upper part of the Earth's _________________________.
A) mantle
B) lithosphere
C) volcanoes
D) crust
E) core
- 8. The continents were once part of one giant landmass, _________________________.
A) Panamericanaea
B) Artica
C) Rhodenia
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) continental drift
D) blood diamond
E) subduction zone
- 10. _____________ crust, or crust with higher density, is pushed into the mantle at subduction zones.
A) Lighter
B) Younger
C) Newer
D) Prettier
E) Older
- 11. Earthquakes are a product of _______ types of boundaries.
A) 0
B) 2
C) 1
D) 4
E) 3
- 12. San Francisco, California, sits atop the fault of ___________________________.
A) San Ramiro
B) San Francisco
C) San Andres
D) San Augustine
E) San Andrew
- 13. The fault under San Francisco is known to be a _________________________ tectonic plate boundary.
A) hot spot
B) volcanic
C) divergent
D) transform
E) convergent
- 14. Hawaii is a product of volcanic eruptions that come out of a/an ______________________.
A) Hot Spot
B) strike-slip spot
C) divergence
D) convergence
E) transformance
- 15. A convection current is caused by differences in _______________________.
A) air pressure
B) odor
C) mass
D) color
E) temperature
- 16. Tectonic plate movements are causes by _____________________________.
A) convection currents
B) conveyor belts
C) pressure in Earth's crust
D) Lithospheric sources
E) heat in Earth's core
- 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) fluids and oceans
B) liquids and fluids
C) gases and clouds
D) gases and solids
E) gases and liquids
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