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