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