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