- 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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