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