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