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