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