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