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