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