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