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