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