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