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