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