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