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