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