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