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