- 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) transform
B) convergent
C) divergent
D) strike-slip
E) volcanic
- 3. Seafloor spreading, a process where new oceanic crust is created in a divergent zone, also causes a/an _____________________.
A) large volcano
B) trench
C) Hawaii
D) petroleum
E) diamond
A) large volcanoes
B) lithospheric zones
C) large subduction zones
D) large pieces of floating crust
E) large volcanic islands
- 5. There are 2 types of tectonic plates, the ____________________ and the ______________________.
A) oceanic, continental
B) continental, volcanic
C) Icelandic, continental
D) Hawaiian, Artic
E) oceanic, Hawaiian
- 6. Tectonic plates float on the Earth's _________________________.
A) volcanoes
B) core
C) mantle
D) crust
E) lithosphere
- 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) core
E) crust
- 8. The continents were once part of one giant landmass, _________________________.
A) Panamericanaea
B) Pangaea
C) Hawaiiana
D) Rhodenia
E) Artica
- 9. "The continents have moved during Earth's history." This quote is part of the _____________________________ theory.
A) continental drift
B) tectonic plate
C) subduction zone
D) blood diamond
E) hot spot
- 10. _____________ crust, or crust with higher density, is pushed into the mantle at subduction zones.
A) Newer
B) Lighter
C) Prettier
D) Older
E) Younger
- 11. Earthquakes are a product of _______ types of boundaries.
A) 3
B) 1
C) 0
D) 2
E) 4
- 12. San Francisco, California, sits atop the fault of ___________________________.
A) San Augustine
B) San Andres
C) San Andrew
D) San Ramiro
E) San Francisco
- 13. The fault under San Francisco is known to be a _________________________ tectonic plate boundary.
A) volcanic
B) convergent
C) hot spot
D) transform
E) divergent
- 14. Hawaii is a product of volcanic eruptions that come out of a/an ______________________.
A) transformance
B) divergence
C) convergence
D) strike-slip spot
E) Hot Spot
- 15. A convection current is caused by differences in _______________________.
A) temperature
B) mass
C) color
D) air pressure
E) odor
- 16. Tectonic plate movements are causes by _____________________________.
A) conveyor belts
B) heat in Earth's core
C) pressure in Earth's crust
D) Lithospheric sources
E) convection currents
- 17. The known types of seismic waves are: ________________________.
A) S, L, and U
B) P, S, and L
C) P, K, and F
D) P, L, and K
E) V, U, and H
- 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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