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