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