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