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