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