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