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