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