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