- 1. A volcanic trench (fosa volcanica) would be found in
A) mountain
B) Hawaii
C) glacier
D) mid-oceanic ridge
E) volcano
- 2. A subduction zone is found in a/an ________________________ boundary.
A) volcanic
B) convergent
C) divergent
D) transform
E) strike-slip
- 3. Seafloor spreading, a process where new oceanic crust is created in a divergent zone, also causes a/an _____________________.
A) Hawaii
B) petroleum
C) large volcano
D) diamond
E) trench
A) large volcanoes
B) lithospheric zones
C) large subduction zones
D) large volcanic islands
E) large pieces of floating crust
- 5. There are 2 types of tectonic plates, the ____________________ and the ______________________.
A) Hawaiian, Artic
B) oceanic, Hawaiian
C) Icelandic, continental
D) oceanic, continental
E) continental, volcanic
- 6. Tectonic plates float on the Earth's _________________________.
A) lithosphere
B) volcanoes
C) core
D) mantle
E) crust
- 7. Earth's lithosphere is comprised of Earth's crust and the upper part of the Earth's _________________________.
A) core
B) mantle
C) volcanoes
D) lithosphere
E) crust
- 8. The continents were once part of one giant landmass, _________________________.
A) Rhodenia
B) Panamericanaea
C) Artica
D) Hawaiiana
E) Pangaea
- 9. "The continents have moved during Earth's history." This quote is part of the _____________________________ theory.
A) subduction zone
B) blood diamond
C) hot spot
D) continental drift
E) tectonic plate
- 10. _____________ crust, or crust with higher density, is pushed into the mantle at subduction zones.
A) Younger
B) Newer
C) Lighter
D) Prettier
E) Older
- 11. Earthquakes are a product of _______ types of boundaries.
A) 4
B) 2
C) 0
D) 3
E) 1
- 12. San Francisco, California, sits atop the fault of ___________________________.
A) San Ramiro
B) San Francisco
C) San Andres
D) San Augustine
E) San Andrew
- 13. The fault under San Francisco is known to be a _________________________ tectonic plate boundary.
A) hot spot
B) convergent
C) transform
D) divergent
E) volcanic
- 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) odor
B) air pressure
C) mass
D) temperature
E) color
- 16. Tectonic plate movements are causes by _____________________________.
A) pressure in Earth's crust
B) Lithospheric sources
C) convection currents
D) heat in Earth's core
E) conveyor belts
- 17. The known types of seismic waves are: ________________________.
A) V, U, and H
B) P, S, and L
C) P, K, and F
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) fluids and oceans
D) liquids and fluids
E) gases and liquids
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