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