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