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