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