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