- 1. A volcanic trench (fosa volcanica) would be found in
A) Hawaii
B) mountain
C) volcano
D) mid-oceanic ridge
E) glacier
- 2. A subduction zone is found in a/an ________________________ boundary.
A) convergent
B) transform
C) volcanic
D) strike-slip
E) divergent
- 3. Seafloor spreading, a process where new oceanic crust is created in a divergent zone, also causes a/an _____________________.
A) Hawaii
B) diamond
C) trench
D) large volcano
E) petroleum
A) large subduction zones
B) large volcanoes
C) large pieces of floating crust
D) large volcanic islands
E) lithospheric zones
- 5. There are 2 types of tectonic plates, the ____________________ and the ______________________.
A) continental, volcanic
B) Icelandic, continental
C) Hawaiian, Artic
D) oceanic, Hawaiian
E) oceanic, continental
- 6. Tectonic plates float on the Earth's _________________________.
A) crust
B) volcanoes
C) core
D) lithosphere
E) mantle
- 7. Earth's lithosphere is comprised of Earth's crust and the upper part of the Earth's _________________________.
A) core
B) crust
C) volcanoes
D) mantle
E) lithosphere
- 8. The continents were once part of one giant landmass, _________________________.
A) Rhodenia
B) Pangaea
C) Panamericanaea
D) Artica
E) Hawaiiana
- 9. "The continents have moved during Earth's history." This quote is part of the _____________________________ theory.
A) hot spot
B) blood diamond
C) subduction zone
D) continental drift
E) tectonic plate
- 10. _____________ crust, or crust with higher density, is pushed into the mantle at subduction zones.
A) Prettier
B) Lighter
C) Younger
D) Older
E) Newer
- 11. Earthquakes are a product of _______ types of boundaries.
A) 3
B) 1
C) 2
D) 0
E) 4
- 12. San Francisco, California, sits atop the fault of ___________________________.
A) San Andres
B) San Andrew
C) San Ramiro
D) San Augustine
E) San Francisco
- 13. The fault under San Francisco is known to be a _________________________ tectonic plate boundary.
A) volcanic
B) divergent
C) hot spot
D) transform
E) convergent
- 14. Hawaii is a product of volcanic eruptions that come out of a/an ______________________.
A) Hot Spot
B) strike-slip spot
C) convergence
D) divergence
E) transformance
- 15. A convection current is caused by differences in _______________________.
A) odor
B) air pressure
C) color
D) mass
E) temperature
- 16. Tectonic plate movements are causes by _____________________________.
A) heat in Earth's core
B) Lithospheric sources
C) conveyor belts
D) convection currents
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) gases and liquids
B) fluids and oceans
C) liquids and fluids
D) gases and solids
E) gases and clouds
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