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