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