- 1. A volcanic trench (fosa volcanica) would be found in
A) glacier
B) Hawaii
C) volcano
D) mountain
E) mid-oceanic ridge
- 2. A subduction zone is found in a/an ________________________ boundary.
A) strike-slip
B) volcanic
C) transform
D) convergent
E) divergent
- 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) petroleum
D) Hawaii
E) diamond
A) large subduction zones
B) large volcanic islands
C) lithospheric zones
D) large volcanoes
E) large pieces of floating crust
- 5. There are 2 types of tectonic plates, the ____________________ and the ______________________.
A) continental, volcanic
B) oceanic, continental
C) Hawaiian, Artic
D) oceanic, Hawaiian
E) Icelandic, continental
- 6. Tectonic plates float on the Earth's _________________________.
A) crust
B) core
C) mantle
D) volcanoes
E) lithosphere
- 7. Earth's lithosphere is comprised of Earth's crust and the upper part of the Earth's _________________________.
A) mantle
B) crust
C) volcanoes
D) core
E) lithosphere
- 8. The continents were once part of one giant landmass, _________________________.
A) Rhodenia
B) Pangaea
C) Artica
D) Panamericanaea
E) Hawaiiana
- 9. "The continents have moved during Earth's history." This quote is part of the _____________________________ theory.
A) blood diamond
B) hot spot
C) subduction zone
D) tectonic plate
E) continental drift
- 10. _____________ crust, or crust with higher density, is pushed into the mantle at subduction zones.
A) Younger
B) Newer
C) Older
D) Lighter
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 Ramiro
B) San Francisco
C) San Andrew
D) San Augustine
E) San Andres
- 13. The fault under San Francisco is known to be a _________________________ tectonic plate boundary.
A) transform
B) divergent
C) convergent
D) volcanic
E) hot spot
- 14. Hawaii is a product of volcanic eruptions that come out of a/an ______________________.
A) Hot Spot
B) strike-slip spot
C) divergence
D) transformance
E) convergence
- 15. A convection current is caused by differences in _______________________.
A) color
B) odor
C) air pressure
D) temperature
E) mass
- 16. Tectonic plate movements are causes by _____________________________.
A) conveyor belts
B) convection currents
C) Lithospheric sources
D) pressure in Earth's crust
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) gases and solids
B) liquids and fluids
C) gases and liquids
D) fluids and oceans
E) gases and clouds
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