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