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