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