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