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