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