- 1. A volcanic trench (fosa volcanica) would be found in
A) glacier
B) mountain
C) volcano
D) mid-oceanic ridge
E) Hawaii
- 2. A subduction zone is found in a/an ________________________ boundary.
A) transform
B) convergent
C) strike-slip
D) divergent
E) volcanic
- 3. Seafloor spreading, a process where new oceanic crust is created in a divergent zone, also causes a/an _____________________.
A) petroleum
B) trench
C) Hawaii
D) large volcano
E) diamond
A) large volcanic islands
B) lithospheric zones
C) large pieces of floating crust
D) large subduction zones
E) large volcanoes
- 5. There are 2 types of tectonic plates, the ____________________ and the ______________________.
A) oceanic, continental
B) oceanic, Hawaiian
C) continental, volcanic
D) Icelandic, continental
E) Hawaiian, Artic
- 6. Tectonic plates float on the Earth's _________________________.
A) lithosphere
B) crust
C) volcanoes
D) core
E) mantle
- 7. Earth's lithosphere is comprised of Earth's crust and the upper part of the Earth's _________________________.
A) crust
B) lithosphere
C) mantle
D) volcanoes
E) core
- 8. The continents were once part of one giant landmass, _________________________.
A) Artica
B) Rhodenia
C) Hawaiiana
D) Pangaea
E) Panamericanaea
- 9. "The continents have moved during Earth's history." This quote is part of the _____________________________ theory.
A) tectonic plate
B) blood diamond
C) hot spot
D) subduction zone
E) continental drift
- 10. _____________ crust, or crust with higher density, is pushed into the mantle at subduction zones.
A) Younger
B) Older
C) Newer
D) Prettier
E) Lighter
- 11. Earthquakes are a product of _______ types of boundaries.
A) 4
B) 1
C) 0
D) 3
E) 2
- 12. San Francisco, California, sits atop the fault of ___________________________.
A) San Andrew
B) San Francisco
C) San Ramiro
D) San Augustine
E) San Andres
- 13. The fault under San Francisco is known to be a _________________________ tectonic plate boundary.
A) divergent
B) transform
C) volcanic
D) convergent
E) hot spot
- 14. Hawaii is a product of volcanic eruptions that come out of a/an ______________________.
A) strike-slip spot
B) divergence
C) Hot Spot
D) transformance
E) convergence
- 15. A convection current is caused by differences in _______________________.
A) color
B) odor
C) air pressure
D) mass
E) temperature
- 16. Tectonic plate movements are causes by _____________________________.
A) pressure in Earth's crust
B) convection currents
C) heat in Earth's core
D) conveyor belts
E) Lithospheric sources
- 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) liquids and fluids
B) gases and clouds
C) gases and liquids
D) fluids and oceans
E) gases and solids
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