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