- 1. A volcanic trench (fosa volcanica) would be found in
A) glacier
B) Hawaii
C) mid-oceanic ridge
D) mountain
E) volcano
- 2. A subduction zone is found in a/an ________________________ boundary.
A) convergent
B) strike-slip
C) divergent
D) volcanic
E) transform
- 3. Seafloor spreading, a process where new oceanic crust is created in a divergent zone, also causes a/an _____________________.
A) petroleum
B) Hawaii
C) diamond
D) large volcano
E) trench
A) large pieces of floating crust
B) large subduction zones
C) lithospheric zones
D) large volcanic islands
E) large volcanoes
- 5. There are 2 types of tectonic plates, the ____________________ and the ______________________.
A) Hawaiian, Artic
B) oceanic, continental
C) continental, volcanic
D) Icelandic, continental
E) oceanic, Hawaiian
- 6. Tectonic plates float on the Earth's _________________________.
A) lithosphere
B) core
C) crust
D) volcanoes
E) mantle
- 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) mantle
E) crust
- 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) hot spot
B) subduction zone
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) Older
B) Younger
C) Newer
D) Lighter
E) Prettier
- 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 Ramiro
B) San Andrew
C) San Andres
D) San Augustine
E) San Francisco
- 13. The fault under San Francisco is known to be a _________________________ tectonic plate boundary.
A) transform
B) volcanic
C) convergent
D) hot spot
E) divergent
- 14. Hawaii is a product of volcanic eruptions that come out of a/an ______________________.
A) divergence
B) convergence
C) Hot Spot
D) strike-slip spot
E) transformance
- 15. A convection current is caused by differences in _______________________.
A) mass
B) temperature
C) air pressure
D) color
E) odor
- 16. Tectonic plate movements are causes by _____________________________.
A) convection currents
B) heat in Earth's core
C) pressure in Earth's crust
D) Lithospheric sources
E) conveyor belts
- 17. The known types of seismic waves are: ________________________.
A) S, L, and U
B) P, L, and K
C) V, U, and H
D) P, S, and L
E) P, K, and F
- 18. Secondary waves cannot travel through ________________________.
A) fluids and oceans
B) gases and liquids
C) liquids and fluids
D) gases and clouds
E) gases and solids
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