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