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