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