- 1. A volcanic trench (fosa volcanica) would be found in
A) glacier
B) Hawaii
C) mid-oceanic ridge
D) volcano
E) mountain
- 2. A subduction zone is found in a/an ________________________ boundary.
A) volcanic
B) transform
C) strike-slip
D) divergent
E) convergent
- 3. Seafloor spreading, a process where new oceanic crust is created in a divergent zone, also causes a/an _____________________.
A) large volcano
B) petroleum
C) diamond
D) Hawaii
E) trench
A) lithospheric zones
B) large volcanic islands
C) large subduction zones
D) large volcanoes
E) large pieces of floating crust
- 5. There are 2 types of tectonic plates, the ____________________ and the ______________________.
A) Hawaiian, Artic
B) oceanic, continental
C) Icelandic, continental
D) continental, volcanic
E) oceanic, Hawaiian
- 6. Tectonic plates float on the Earth's _________________________.
A) lithosphere
B) volcanoes
C) crust
D) mantle
E) core
- 7. Earth's lithosphere is comprised of Earth's crust and the upper part of the Earth's _________________________.
A) volcanoes
B) crust
C) lithosphere
D) mantle
E) core
- 8. The continents were once part of one giant landmass, _________________________.
A) Artica
B) Hawaiiana
C) Rhodenia
D) Pangaea
E) Panamericanaea
- 9. "The continents have moved during Earth's history." This quote is part of the _____________________________ theory.
A) subduction zone
B) tectonic plate
C) blood diamond
D) continental drift
E) hot spot
- 10. _____________ crust, or crust with higher density, is pushed into the mantle at subduction zones.
A) Younger
B) Prettier
C) Lighter
D) Older
E) Newer
- 11. Earthquakes are a product of _______ types of boundaries.
A) 3
B) 2
C) 1
D) 0
E) 4
- 12. San Francisco, California, sits atop the fault of ___________________________.
A) San Andrew
B) San Augustine
C) San Ramiro
D) San Andres
E) San Francisco
- 13. The fault under San Francisco is known to be a _________________________ tectonic plate boundary.
A) transform
B) volcanic
C) divergent
D) convergent
E) hot spot
- 14. Hawaii is a product of volcanic eruptions that come out of a/an ______________________.
A) transformance
B) Hot Spot
C) convergence
D) divergence
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) heat in Earth's core
B) convection currents
C) pressure in Earth's crust
D) Lithospheric sources
E) conveyor belts
- 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) gases and solids
B) liquids and fluids
C) gases and clouds
D) fluids and oceans
E) gases and liquids
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