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