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