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