- 1. A volcanic trench (fosa volcanica) would be found in
A) volcano
B) mountain
C) glacier
D) Hawaii
E) mid-oceanic ridge
- 2. A subduction zone is found in a/an ________________________ boundary.
A) transform
B) convergent
C) volcanic
D) divergent
E) strike-slip
- 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) petroleum
D) trench
E) Hawaii
A) large volcanoes
B) large subduction zones
C) large pieces of floating crust
D) lithospheric zones
E) large volcanic islands
- 5. There are 2 types of tectonic plates, the ____________________ and the ______________________.
A) continental, volcanic
B) Hawaiian, Artic
C) oceanic, continental
D) oceanic, Hawaiian
E) Icelandic, continental
- 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) core
B) volcanoes
C) crust
D) mantle
E) lithosphere
- 8. The continents were once part of one giant landmass, _________________________.
A) Rhodenia
B) Pangaea
C) Panamericanaea
D) Hawaiiana
E) Artica
- 9. "The continents have moved during Earth's history." This quote is part of the _____________________________ theory.
A) tectonic plate
B) subduction zone
C) hot spot
D) continental drift
E) blood diamond
- 10. _____________ crust, or crust with higher density, is pushed into the mantle at subduction zones.
A) Newer
B) Younger
C) Lighter
D) Older
E) Prettier
- 11. Earthquakes are a product of _______ types of boundaries.
A) 1
B) 0
C) 2
D) 3
E) 4
- 12. San Francisco, California, sits atop the fault of ___________________________.
A) San Andrew
B) San Augustine
C) San Andres
D) San Ramiro
E) San Francisco
- 13. The fault under San Francisco is known to be a _________________________ tectonic plate boundary.
A) transform
B) convergent
C) divergent
D) hot spot
E) volcanic
- 14. Hawaii is a product of volcanic eruptions that come out of a/an ______________________.
A) transformance
B) convergence
C) divergence
D) strike-slip spot
E) Hot Spot
- 15. A convection current is caused by differences in _______________________.
A) mass
B) air pressure
C) temperature
D) odor
E) color
- 16. Tectonic plate movements are causes by _____________________________.
A) heat in Earth's core
B) pressure in Earth's crust
C) Lithospheric sources
D) convection currents
E) conveyor belts
- 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) liquids and fluids
B) gases and liquids
C) fluids and oceans
D) gases and solids
E) gases and clouds
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