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