- 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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