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