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