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