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