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