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