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