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