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