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