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