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