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