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