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