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