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