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