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