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