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