- 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) convergent
B) volcanic
C) divergent
D) strike-slip
E) transform
- 3. Seafloor spreading, a process where new oceanic crust is created in a divergent zone, also causes a/an _____________________.
A) Hawaii
B) petroleum
C) trench
D) diamond
E) large volcano
A) large pieces of floating crust
B) large volcanic islands
C) lithospheric zones
D) large subduction zones
E) large volcanoes
- 5. There are 2 types of tectonic plates, the ____________________ and the ______________________.
A) oceanic, Hawaiian
B) Hawaiian, Artic
C) continental, volcanic
D) Icelandic, continental
E) oceanic, continental
- 6. Tectonic plates float on the Earth's _________________________.
A) crust
B) lithosphere
C) mantle
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) crust
C) volcanoes
D) mantle
E) core
- 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) continental drift
B) blood diamond
C) tectonic plate
D) subduction zone
E) hot spot
- 10. _____________ crust, or crust with higher density, is pushed into the mantle at subduction zones.
A) Prettier
B) Newer
C) Older
D) Younger
E) Lighter
- 11. Earthquakes are a product of _______ types of boundaries.
A) 1
B) 0
C) 2
D) 3
E) 4
- 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) divergent
B) volcanic
C) convergent
D) transform
E) hot spot
- 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) odor
B) color
C) temperature
D) mass
E) air pressure
- 16. Tectonic plate movements are causes by _____________________________.
A) pressure in Earth's crust
B) convection currents
C) conveyor belts
D) heat in Earth's core
E) Lithospheric sources
- 17. The known types of seismic waves are: ________________________.
A) V, U, and H
B) P, L, and K
C) S, L, and U
D) P, K, and F
E) P, S, and L
- 18. Secondary waves cannot travel through ________________________.
A) gases and solids
B) liquids and fluids
C) gases and clouds
D) fluids and oceans
E) gases and liquids
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