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