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