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