- 1. A volcanic trench (fosa volcanica) would be found in
A) mountain
B) volcano
C) glacier
D) Hawaii
E) mid-oceanic ridge
- 2. A subduction zone is found in a/an ________________________ boundary.
A) transform
B) strike-slip
C) volcanic
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) large volcano
C) trench
D) Hawaii
E) petroleum
A) lithospheric zones
B) large subduction zones
C) large pieces of floating crust
D) large volcanic islands
E) large volcanoes
- 5. There are 2 types of tectonic plates, the ____________________ and the ______________________.
A) Icelandic, continental
B) oceanic, Hawaiian
C) oceanic, continental
D) continental, volcanic
E) Hawaiian, Artic
- 6. Tectonic plates float on the Earth's _________________________.
A) lithosphere
B) mantle
C) core
D) crust
E) volcanoes
- 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) crust
E) lithosphere
- 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) blood diamond
B) continental drift
C) tectonic plate
D) hot spot
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) 0
B) 2
C) 1
D) 4
E) 3
- 12. San Francisco, California, sits atop the fault of ___________________________.
A) San Andrew
B) San Augustine
C) San Andres
D) San Ramiro
E) San Francisco
- 13. The fault under San Francisco is known to be a _________________________ tectonic plate boundary.
A) volcanic
B) hot spot
C) convergent
D) transform
E) divergent
- 14. Hawaii is a product of volcanic eruptions that come out of a/an ______________________.
A) divergence
B) Hot Spot
C) transformance
D) convergence
E) strike-slip spot
- 15. A convection current is caused by differences in _______________________.
A) temperature
B) odor
C) color
D) air pressure
E) mass
- 16. Tectonic plate movements are causes by _____________________________.
A) conveyor belts
B) Lithospheric sources
C) pressure in Earth's crust
D) convection currents
E) heat in Earth's core
- 17. The known types of seismic waves are: ________________________.
A) P, K, and F
B) V, U, and H
C) P, L, and K
D) S, L, and U
E) P, S, and L
- 18. Secondary waves cannot travel through ________________________.
A) liquids and fluids
B) gases and liquids
C) fluids and oceans
D) gases and solids
E) gases and clouds
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