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