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