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