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