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