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