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