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