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