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