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