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