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